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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1123/2014 of 22 October 2014 amending Directive 2008/38/EC establishing a list of intended uses            of animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Regulation (EU) No 1123/2014                     

# of 22 October 2014

# amending Directive 2008/38/EC establishing a list of intended uses of animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes

# (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 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the placing                           on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council                           Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and                           96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC(1), and in particular Article 10(5) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)The Commission received in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 an application to add the particular                              nutritional purpose ‘stabilisation of water and electrolyte balance to support the physiological digestion’ and to add to                              the particular nutritional purpose ‘support of renal function in case of chronic renal insufficiency’ adult dogs as target                              species to the list of intended uses of feed intended for particular nutritional purposes in Part B of Annex I to Commission                              Directive 2008/38/EC(2).

(2)Furthermore, the Commission received in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 applications to change the                              conditions associated with the particular nutritional purposes ‘support of heart function in the case of chronic cardiac insufficiency’                              and ‘support of renal function in case of chronic renal insufficiency’ as regards ‘cats and dogs’ and ‘reduction of copper                              in the liver’.

(3)The Commission made all applications, including the dossiers, available to the Member States.

(4)After assessing the dossiers included in those applications, the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (the                              Committee) acknowledged that the specific composition of the feeds concerned fulfils the respective particular intended nutritional                              purposes and that it has no adverse effects on animal health, human health, the environment or animal welfare. The applications                              are therefore valid.

(5)As a result of the assessment of the Committee, the particular nutritional purposes ‘stabilisation of water and electrolyte                              balance to support the physiological digestion’ and ‘support of renal function in case of chronic renal insufficiency’ for                              adult dogs should be added to the list of intended uses and the conditions associated with the particular nutritional purposes                              ‘support of heart function in the case of chronic cardiac insufficiency’ and ‘support of renal function in case of chronic                              renal insufficiency’ as regards ‘cats and dogs’ and ‘reduction of copper in the liver’ should be changed. As a consequence                              of the new entry ‘stabilisation of water and electrolyte balance to support the physiological digestion’, the particular nutritional                              purpose ‘stabilisation of water and electrolyte balance’ is no longer necessary and should be deleted.

(6)In order to ensure compliance with the maximum contents for certain nutrients established as ‘essential nutritional characteristics’                              of some particular nutritional purposes, the requirement to place the respective dietetic feed as complete feed on the market                              should be foreseen. This provision would also ensure the safe use of the feed concerned.

(7)Annex I to Directive 2008/38/EC as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 5/2014(3) established the incorporation of feed additives of the functional group ‘Gut flora stabiliser’ as referred to in Annex I                              to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council(4) into certain feed for particular nutritional purposes. However, feed additives currently registered in the group ‘micro-organisms’                              and being in the re-authorisation procedure as referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 could be similarly                              incorporated into those feeds for particular nutritional purposes. Consequently, the existing feed additives of the group                              ‘micro-organisms’ should, pending their re-authorisation, be also covered by Annex I to Directive 2008/38/EC.

(8)Directive 2008/38/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(9)Since safety reasons do not require the immediate application of the modifications for the feed currently legally placed on                              the market, it is appropriate to allow a transitional period for interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new                              requirements.

(10)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee and neither the European                              Parliament nor the Council has opposed them,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

Annex I to Directive 2008/38/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

# Article 2U.K.

Feed included in the Annex to this Regulation that has been produced and labelled before 12 May 2015 and which is in compliance                     with Directive 2008/38/EC before entry into force of this Regulation may continue to be placed on the market and used until                     the existing stocks are exhausted. In case this feed is intended for pets, the date mentioned in the last sentence is 12 November                     2016.                  

# Article 3U.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, 22 October 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

Part B of Annex I to Directive 2008/38/EC is amended as follows:

The row of the particular nutritional purpose ‘support of heart function in the case of chronic cardiac insufficiency’ is                              replaced by the following:                           

The row of the particular nutritional purpose ‘support of renal function in case of chronic renal insufficiency’ is replaced                              by the following:                           

The row of the particular nutritional purpose ‘reduction of copper in the liver’ is replaced by the following:

The row of the particular nutritional purpose ‘reduction of iodine levels in feed in case of hyperthyroidism’ is replaced                              by the following:                           

The row for the particular nutritional purpose ‘stabilisation of water and electrolyte balance’ is replaced by the following:

The row of the particular nutritional purpose ‘nutritional restoration, convalescence’, species or category of animals ‘Dogs’                              is replaced by the following:                           

The row of the particular nutritional purpose ‘stabilisation of physiological digestion’, species or category of animals ‘Animal                              species for which the gut flora stabiliser is authorised’ is replaced by the following                           

1

OJ L 229, 1.9.2009, p. 1.                           

2

Commission Directive 2008/38/EC of 5 March 2008 establishing a list of intended uses of animal feedingstuffs for particular                              nutritional purposes (OJ L 62, 6.3.2008, p. 9).                           

3

Commission Regulation (EU) No 5/2014 of 6 January 2014 amending Directive 2008/38/EC establishing a list of intended uses                              of animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes (OJ L 2, 7.1.2014, p. 3).                           

4

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal                              nutrition (OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29).