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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
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concerning the authorisation of cinnamon bark essential oil and cinnamon leaf essential 
oil from Cinnamomum verum  J. Presl as feed additives for certain animal species  
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EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
concerning the authorisation of cinnamon bark essential oil and cinnamon leaf essential 
oil from Cinnamomum verum  J. Presl as feed additives for certain animal species  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Fu nctioning of the European Union,  
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition1, and in particular 
Article 9(2) and Article 10(5) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in 
animal nutrition  and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.  
Article 10(2) of that Regulation provides for the re-evaluation of additives authorised 
pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC2. 
(2) The substances cinnamon bark essential oil and cinnamon leaf essential oil from 
Cinnamomum verum  J. Presl were authorised without a time limit in accordance with 
Directive 70 /524/EEC as feed additives for all animal species. These substances were 
subsequently entered in the Register of Feed Additives as existing products , in 
accordance with Article 10(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 .  
(3) In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction 
with Article 7 thereof, an application was submitted for the authorisation of cinnamon 
bark essential oil and cinnamon leaf essential oil from Cinnamomum verum  J. Presl as 
feed additives for all animal s pecies . The applicant request ed the additives to be 
classified in the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and in the functional group 
‘flavouring compounds’. That application was accompanied by the particulars and 
documents required under Article 7(3) of  Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 .  
(4) The applicant requested the additives to be authorised for use also in water for 
drinking. However, Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 does not allow the authorisation of 
‘flavouring compounds’ for use in water for drinking.  There fore, the use of th ose 
additives in  water for drinking  should not be allowed.  
(5) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in it s opinion of 27 
September 20223 that, under the proposed conditions of use , cinnamon bark essential 
oil and cinnamon leaf essential oil from Cinnamomum verum  J. Presl  are safe for 
short -living animals (animals intended for fattening) , including piglets and other minor 
Suidae . It also concluded that both additives are safe for the  consumers and the 
 
1 OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.  ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2003/1831/oj  
2 Council Directive 70 /524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs  
(OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p.  1). http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1970/524/oj  
3 EFSA Journal 2022;20( 10):7601.  
EN 2  EN environment. The Authority indicated that, owing to the presence of styrene in 
cinnamon bark essential oil and cinnamon leaf essential oil, it is not in the position to 
conclude on the safety of the additive s for long -living animals and reproductive 
animals including those animals reared for laying/breeding/reproduction. In addition, 
the Authority  concluded that cinnamon bark essential oil and cinnamon leaf essential 
oil from Cinnamomum verum  J. Presl  should b e considered as irritant to skin and eyes, 
and as dermal and respiratory sensitisers. It also stated that, b ased on the presence of 
safrole ≥ 0.1%, cinnamon leaf oil and bark oil are classified as carcinogen (category 
1B) and  should be handled accordingly . The Authority further concluded that since the 
substances are recognised to flavour food and since their function in feed would be 
essentially the same as that in food, no further demonstration of efficacy is considered 
necessary. It also verified the rep ort on the method of analysis of the feed ad ditive s in 
feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No  1831/2003.  
(6) Subsequently, t he applicant  withdrew the application for authorisation of cinnamon 
bark essential oil and cinnamon leaf essential oil from Cinnamomum verum  J. Presl for 
all animal species and categories except: piglets, piglets of minor Suidae, animal 
species for fattening other than  Equidae  and salmonids and minor fin fish other than 
brood stock.  
(7) In view of the above, the Commission considers that cinnamon bark essential oil and 
cinnamon leaf essential oil from Cinnamomum verum  J. Presl satisfy the conditions 
provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003  as regards : animal species 
for fattening  except  Equidae , salmonids and  fin fish  except brood stock , piglets and 
piglets of  minor Suidae . Accordingly, the use of those additives should be authorised. 
For cinnamon bark essen tial oil and cinnamon leaf essential oil from Cinnamomum 
verum  J. Presl , the Commission considers that the presence of  the substances of 
concern safrole, methyleugenol and styrene requires to set a maximum content in 
complete feed and to prohibit  the combination of these additives with other  additives  
containing the same substances of concern . In addition, the Commission consi ders that 
appropriate protective measures should be taken to prevent adverse effects on the 
health of the users of the additives . 
(8) Article 10(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 imposes an obligation on the 
Commission to adopt a Regulation requiring the with drawal from the market of feed 
additives for which no applications as required by Article 10(2)  of Regulation (EC) No 
1831/2003 were submitted before the deadline provided for in that provision. 
Similarly, a Regulation should be adopted concerning feed add itives for which an 
application was submitted but subsequently withdrawn.  
(9) In the case of feed additives for which an application has been withdrawn for certain 
animal species or categories, the withdrawal from the market should only concern 
those animal sp ecies or categories.  
(10) Therefore, cinnamon bark essential oil and cinnamon leaf essential oil from 
Cinnamomum verum  J. Presl should be withdrawn from the market as regards the 
animal species and categories which are not the subject of the authorisation grant ed by 
this Regulation.  
(11) In so far as this Regulation authorises cinnamon bark essential oil and cinnamon leaf 
essential oil from Cinnamomum verum  J. Presl as a feed additive s, safety reasons do 
not require the immediate application of the modifications to the conditions of 
authorisation of that substance  in respect of the animal species and categories which 
are covered by the authorisation granted by this Regulation . It is therefore appropriate  
EN 3  EN to provide for a transitional period for inter ested parties to prepare themselves to meet 
the new requirements resulting from the authorisation . 
(12) In addition, in so far as the feed additive s are withdrawn from the market, it is also 
appropriate to allow for a transitional period within which existing s tocks of the 
additive s, premixtures, feed materials and compound feed which have been produced 
with th ose additive s, may be used up also in respect of the animal species and 
categories of animals which are not covered by the authorisation granted by this 
Regulation, in order to allow interested parties to adapt to the obligation to withdraw 
those products from the market.  
(13) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,  
 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Authorisation  
The substance s specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘ sensory  additives’ 
and to the functional group ‘ flavouring compounds ’, are authorised as additive s in animal 
nutrition, s ubject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.  
Article 2  
Withdrawal from the market  
The feed additives  cinnamon bark essential oil and cinnamon leaf essential oil from 
Cinnamomum verum  J. Presl as authorised pursuant to Directive 70/524/EEC, shall be 
withdrawn from the market in respect of the animal species and categories other than those 
mentioned in the Annex.  
Article 3 
Transitional measures  related to the authorisation  
1. The feed additive s referred to in Article 2 and premixtures containing th ose additives, 
which are produced and labelled before [6 months from  the  date of entry into force of 
this Regulation – Date to be inserted by the Service responsible for the publication] in 
accordance with the rules applicable before [date of entry into force of this Regulation 
– Date to be inserted by the Service responsible for the publication] , may continue to 
be placed on the market and used in respect of the animal species and categories 
mentioned in the Annex until the stocks concerned are exhausted.    
2. Compo und feed and feed materials containing the feed additive s referred to in Article 
2, which are produced and labelled before [12 months from  the  date of entry into 
force of this Regulation – Date to be inserted by the Service responsible for the 
publication ] in accordance with the rules applicable before [date of entry into force of 
this Regulation – Date to be inserted by the Service responsible for the publication] , 
may continue to be placed on the market and used in respect of the animal species and 
categories mentioned in the Annex until the stocks concerned are exhausted.   
EN 4  EN Article 4  
Transitional measures related to the withdrawal from the market  
1. Existing stocks of  the feed additive s referred to in Article 2 may continue to be placed 
on the market and used in respect of the animal species and categories other than those 
mentioned in the Annex until [12 months after the date of entry into force of this 
Regulation – Date to be inserted by the Service responsible for the publication] . 
2. Premixtures produced with the feed additive s referred to in paragraph 1 may continue 
to be placed on the market and used in respect of the animal species and categories 
other than those me ntioned in the Annex until [15 months after the date of entry into 
force of this Regulation – Date to be inserted by the Service responsible for the 
publication] . 
3. Compound feed and feed materials produced with the feed additive s referred to in 
paragraph 1 or with the premixtures referred to in paragraph 2 may continue to be 
placed on the market and used in respect of the animal species and categories other 
than those mentioned in the Annex used until [24 months after the date of entry into 
force of this Reg ulation – Date to be inserted by the Service responsible for the 
publication] . 
Article 5 
Entry into force  
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union.  
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Ursula VON DER LEYEN