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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 305/2014 of 25 March 2014 concerning the authorisation of propionic acid, sodium            propionate and ammonium propionate as feed additives for all animal species other than ruminants, pigs and poultry (Text with            EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 305/2014                     

# of 25 March 2014

# concerning the authorisation of propionic acid, sodium propionate and ammonium propionate as feed additives for all animal                        species other than ruminants, pigs and poultry                     

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning 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 nutrition(1), and in particular Article 9(2) 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.

(2)In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of propionic                              acid, sodium propionate and ammonium propionate. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required                              under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(3)That application concerns the authorisation of propionic acid, sodium propionate and ammonium propionate as feed additives                              for all animal species to be classified in the additive category ‘technological additives’, functional group ‘silage additives’.                              The application includes also other uses of the same substances for which no decision has yet been taken. The additive was                              authorised for 10 years by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1222/2013(2) for ruminants, pigs and poultry.

(4)The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 16 November 2011(3) that, under the proposed conditions of use, propionic acid, sodium propionate and ammonium propionate do not have an adverse                              effect on animal health, human health or the environment. It was also concluded that the substances improve the aerobic stability                              of easy to ensile materials. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market                              monitoring. It also verified the report on the methods of analysis of the feed additives in feed submitted by the Reference                              Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(5)The assessment of the substances concerned shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation                              (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of those substances should be authorised as specified in the Annex                              to this Regulation.

(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain                              and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

The substances specified in the Annex belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group                     ‘silage additives’, are authorised as additives in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.                  

# Article 2U.K.

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, 25 March 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

1

OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.                           

2

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1222/2013 of 29 November 2013 concerning the authorisation of propionic acid, sodium                              propionate and ammonium propionate as feed additives for ruminants, pigs and poultry (OJ L 320, 30.11.2013, p. 16).                           

3

*EFSA Journal* 2011; 9(12):2446.