Commission Regulation (EC) No 639/1999 of 25 March 1999 concerning the authorisation of a new additive in feedingstuffs
Date: 1999-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, chemical salt, copper, food additive, foodstuffs legislation, trace element

L 82/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

26. 3. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 639/1999

of 25 March 1999

concerning the authorisation of a new additive in feedingstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23
November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (1),
as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 45/
1999 (2), and in particular Articles 9j and 3 thereof,

Whereas Directive 70/524/EEC provides that new addi-
tives or uses of additives may be authorised,
taking
account of advances in scientific and technical know-
ledge;

and more

Whereas a new additive belonging to the group ‘Trace
elements',
element
‘Copper-Cu' has been tested successfully in some Member
States; whereas the new additive should be provisionally
authorised;

specifically

the

to

Whereas a provisional authorisation of new additives or
uses of additives may be given if, at the level permitted in
feedingstuffs, it does not adversely affect human or animal
health or the environment, nor harm the consumer by
altering the characteristics of livestock product, if its pres-
ence in feedingstuffs can be controlled, and it is reason-
able to assume, in view of the available results, that it has

a favourable effect on the characteristics of those feeding-
stuffs or on livestock production when incorporated in
such feedingstuffs;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Standing
Committee on Feedingstuffs,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The substance ‘copper-lysine sulphate', belonging to the
group of ‘trace elements', element E4 ‘Copper-Cu', may
be authorised in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC
as an additive in feedingstuffs under the conditions laid
down in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 April 1999.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 25 March 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 14. 12. 1970, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 6, 12. 1. 1999, p. 3.

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Element

Additive

Chemical formula

Maximum content of the element in mg/kg of the complete
feedingstuff

Other provisions

ANNEX

E4

Copper-Cu

Copper-lysine sulphate

Cu(C

H

13

N

O
2

)
2

.SO
4

2

6

Pigs for fattening:

— in Member States where the mean density of the
porcine population is equal to or higher than 175
pigs per 100 ha of utilizable agricultural land:

— up to 16 weeks: 175 (total)

— in Member States where the mean density of the
porcine population is lower than 175 pigs per 100
ha of utilizable agricultural land:

— up to 16 weeks: 175 (total)

Pigs for fattening:

— in Member States where the mean density of the
porcine population is equal to or higher than 175
pigs per 100 ha of utilizable agricultural land:

— from 17th week up to slaughter: 35 (total)

— in Member States where the mean density of the
porcine population is lower than 175 pigs per 100
ha of utilizable agricultural land:

— from 17th week up to six months: 100 (total)
— over six months up to slaughter: 35 (total)

Breeding pigs: 35 (total)

Other species or categories of animals, with the excep-
tion of calves prior to the start of rumination and sheep:
35 (total)

Duration of
authorisation

30.9.1999

Not more than 50 mg/kg of
copper in the complete feeding-
stuff may come from copper-
lysine sulphate.

Not more than 25 mg/kg of
copper in the complete feeding-
stuff may come from copper-
lysine sulphate.

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