G/SPS/N/EU/436  
 
16 October 2020  
(20-7122) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate -
General  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  HS Code 2309 prep aration of a kind use in animal nutrition.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1400 
of 5 October 2020 concerning the authorisation of ethyl ester of β -apo-8'-carotenoic acid 
as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, laying hens and minor poultry species for 
laying and for fattening ( Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English, French, 
Spanish . Number of pages:  3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_6156_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_6156_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_6156_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  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 Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the 
re-evaluation of additives authorised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC (2) and 
Article 4 of the same Regulation for the authorisation of a new use of an additive.  
Ethyl ester of β -apo-8'-carotenoic acid was authorised without a time limit in accordance 
with Directive 70/524/EEC as feed additive for poultry belonging to the functional group 
‘colourants, including pigments', under the heading 'carotenoids and xanthophylls'. 
The additive was subsequently entered in the Register of feed additives as an existing 
product, in accordance with Article 10(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.  
In accordance with Articles 4 and 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction 
with Article 7 thereof, an application was submitted for the authorisation of ethyl ester of 
β-apo-8'-carotenoic acid in water for drinking and the re -evaluation of ethyl  ester of 
β-apo-8'-carotenoic acid as feed additive for chickens for fattening, laying hens and minor 
poultry species for laying and for fattening. The applicant requested the additive to be 
classified in the additive category 'sensory additives' and in th e functional group 
'colourants'. The application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required 
under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.  G/SPS/N/EU/436  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protec t humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Code of practice on Good Animal Feeding CAC/RCP 
54-2004.  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM n umber) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 5 October 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 6 October 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day 
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulati on of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(322) 295 4263  
Fax: +(322) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu   
13. Text(s) available from: [ X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(322) 295 4263  
Fax: +(322) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu