Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2003 of 21 May 2003 provisionally authorising the use of the acidity regulator "Benzoic acid" in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-05-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, food additive, marketing restriction, occupational safety

L 126/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.5.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 877/2003

of 21 May 2003

provisionally authorising the use of the acidity regulator ‘Benzoic acid’ in feedingstuffs

(Text with EEA relevance)

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 Regulation (EC) No 1756/2002 (2), and in parti-
cular Articles 3 and 9e(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Directive 70/524/EEC requires that no additive may be
put into circulation unless a Community authorisation
has been granted.

In the case of additives referred to in Part II of Annex C
to Directive 70/524/EEC, which include acidity regula-
tors, provisional authorisation of a new additive for use
in feedingstuffs may be given if the conditions laid down
in that Directive are satisfied, and if it is reasonable to
assume, in view of the available results, that when used
in animal nutrition it has one of the effects referred to in
Article 2(a) of that Directive. Such provisional authorisa-
tion may be given for a period not exceeding four years.

The assessment of
the application for authorisation
submitted, in respect of the acidity regulation prepara-
tion ‘Benzoic acid’, shows that the conditions referred to
in Directive 70/524/EEC are satisfied.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

The Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition has deliv-
ered a favourable opinion under certain conditions on
the safety of
the preparation, which belongs to the
group ‘Acidity regulators’, for pigs for fattening.

The assessment of the application shows that certain
procedures are required to protect workers from expo-
sure to the additive ‘Benzoic acid’. However, such protec-
tion is assured by the application of Council Directive
89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of
measures to encourage improvements in the safety and
health of workers at work (3).

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 1

The additive ‘Benzoic acid’ belonging to the group ‘Acidity
regulator’ and referred to in the Annex is authorised for use as
an additive in feedingstuffs under the conditions laid down in
the Annex.

Article 2

The acidity regulation preparation ‘Benzoic acid’ should
therefore be authorised on a provisional basis for a
period of four years.

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third 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, 21 May 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 265, 3.10.2002, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1.

No (or EC No)

Additive

Chemical formula, description

Species or category of
animal

Maximum age

Minimum content

Maximum content

mg/kg of complete feedingstuff

Other provisions

End of period of authorisation

Acidity regulators

E 210

Benzoic acid

C7H6O2

Pigs for fattening

5 000

10 000

25.5.2007

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