COMMI SSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2018/1980 
of 13 December 2018 
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2325 as regards the terms of author isation 
of preparations of lecithins liquid, lecithins hydrolysed and lecithins de-oiled as feed additiv es for 
all animal species 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having regar d to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 
on additives for use in animal nutr ition (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provi des for the author isation of additives for use in animal nutr ition and for the 
grounds and procedures for granting such author isation. 
(2)  The uses of the preparations of lecithins liquid, lecithins hydrolysed and lecithins de-oiled as feed additives were 
author ised as feed additives for all animal species by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2325 (2). 
(3)  In accordance with Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, the applicant proposed changing the term s 
of author isation of the preparations by submitting an application to align the specifi cations of lecithins as feed 
additives to the specifi cations set for lecithins when used as food additives and to exte nd the author isation to the 
use of rapeseed as an additional source of lecithins hydrolysed and lecithins de-oiled. The application was 
accompan ied by the relevant suppor ting data. The Commission forwarded the application to the European Food 
Safety Author ity (hereinaf ter ‘the Auth ority’). 
(4)  The Authority concluded in its opinion of 12 June 2018 (3) that all the lecithins of diffe rent botanical origin and 
their forms used as feed additive meet the specifications set for the use of lecithins as food additive and that the 
use of rapeseed as an additional source of lecithins does not modify the previous conclusions that the lecithins 
do not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment and that they are efficacious as 
emulsifier . The Author ity does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market 
monitoring. It also verified the repor t on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitte d by the 
Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. 
(5)  The assessment of the proposed modific ations to the author isation shows that the conditions for author isation, 
as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfi ed. 
(6)  Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2325 should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(7)  The measures provi ded for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2325 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
Transitional measures 
1. The additives 1c322i, 1c322ii and 1c322iii and premixtures containing those additives which are produced and 
labelled before 2 July 2019 in accordance with the rules applicable before 2 Januar y 2019 may continue to be placed on 
the mark et and used until the existing stoc ks are exhaust ed. 14.12.2018 L 317/12 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. 
(2)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2325 of 14 December 2017 concer ning the author isation of preparations of lecithins 
liquid, lecithins hydrolysed and lecithins de-oiled as feed additives for all animal species and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2017/1007 (OJ L 333, 15.12.2017, p. 17). 
(3)EFSA Journal 2018; 16(6):5334. 2. Com pound feed and feed mater ials containing the additives as specifi ed in Annex I which are produced and 
labelled before 2 Januar y 2020 in accordance with the rules applicable before 2 Januar y 2019 may continue to be 
placed on the mark et and used until the existing stoc ks are exhausted if they are intende d for food-producing animals. 
3. Com pound feed and feed mater ials containing the additives as specifi ed in Annex I which are produced and 
labelled before 2 Januar y 2021 in accordance with the rules applicable before 2 Januar y 2019 may continue to be 
placed on the mark et and used until the existing stocks are exhaust ed if they are intende d for non-f ood-producing 
animals. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng 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 State s. 
Done at Brussels, 13 December 2018. 
For the Commission 
The President 
Jean-Claude JUNCK ER  14.12.2018 L 317/13 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     ANNEX 
‘ANNEX I 
Identifica ­
tion 
number of 
the additive Name of the 
holder of 
author isation Additive Composition, chemical formula, descr iption,  
analytical method Species or  
categor y of  
animal Maximum 
age Minimum 
conten t Maximum 
content 
Other provisions End of period 
of author i­
sation mg of lecithins/kg of 
complet e feedingstuff with 
a moisture conten t of 12 % 
Categor y of technological additiv es. Functional group: emulsif iers 
1c322i — Lecithins Additiv e composition 
Preparations of: 
—  lecithins and hydrolysed lecithins in liquid 
(plastic to fluid) form; 
—  de-oiled lecithins and de-oiled hydrolysed 
lecithins in solid form. 
Char acter isation of the activ e substance 
Lecithins, hydrolysed lecithins, de-oiled le­
cithins and de-oiled hydrolysed lecithins de­
rived from soybean, sunf lower or rapeseed: 
CAS no. 8002-43-5; 
Assa y: 
—  Lecithins, de-oiled lecithins: not less than 
60,0 % of substances insoluble in aceton e; 
—hydrolysed lecithins and de-oiled hydro­
lysed lecithins: not less than 56,0 % sub­
stances insoluble in aceton e. 
Loss on drying: not more than 2 % (105 °C, 
1 hour) 
Toluene-insoluble matt er: not more than 
0,3 % All animal 
species — — — In the label of feed additive 
and premixures the form(s) 
used shall be indicate d 6 July 2027 14.12.2018 L 317/14 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     Identifica ­
tion 
number of 
the additive Name of the 
holder of 
author isation Additive Composition, chemical formula, descr iption,  
analytical method Species or  
categor y of  
animal Maximum 
age Minimum 
conten t Maximum 
content 
Other provisions End of period 
of author i­
sation mg of lecithins/kg of 
complet e feedingstuff with 
a moisture conten t of 12 % 
Acid value: 
—  Lecithins, de-oiled lecithins not more than 
35 mg of potassium hydroxide per gram; 
—hydrolysed lecithins and de-oiled hydro­
lysed lecithins: not more than 45 mg of 
potassium hydroxide per gram 
Pero xide value: equal to or less than 10 
Analytical method (1) 
For the charact erisation of feed additive: 
Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 (2) 
and the corresponding tests in the FAO JECF A 
monograph ‘Lecithin’ (3)(4) 
(1)  Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laborato ry: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/eurl/feed-addi tives/evaluation-repor ts 
(2)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 laying down specificatio ns for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council (OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1). 
(3)  FAO JECF A Combined Compendiu m of Food Additive Specifications, ‘Lecithin’, Monograph No 4 (2007), http://www .fao.or g/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa_addit ives/docs/monograph4/additive-250-m4.pdf 
(4)  FAO JECF A Combined Compendiu m for Food Additive Specificatio ns — Analytical methods, test procedures and laboratory solutions used by and referenced in the food additive specificatio ns, Vol. 4, 
http://www .fao.or g/docrep/009/a0691e/a0691e00.htm’    14.12.2018 L 317/15 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN