Commission Directive 2003/104/EC of 12 November 2003 authorising isopropyl ester of the hydroxylated analogue of methionine
Date: 2003-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, manufactured feedingstuffs, market approval, marketing standard, organic acid

13.11.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 295/83

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2003/104/EC

of 12 November 2003

authorising isopropyl ester of the hydroxylated analogue of methionine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 82/471/EEC of 30 June
1982 concerning certain products used in animal nutrition (1),
as last amended by Directive 1999/20/EC (2), and in particular
Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:

Directive 82/471/EEC provides that amendments to be
made to the Annex to that Directive as a result of devel-
opments in scientific or technical knowledge shall be
adopted by the procedure laid down in Article 13.

An application for authorisation has been submitted for
isopropyl ester of the hydroxylated analogue of methio-
nine which belongs to the group ‘analogues of aminoa-
cids’ referred to in the Annex to Directive 82/471/EEC.

The Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition (SCAN)
delivered an opinion on the use of
in
feedingstuffs on 25 April 2003, which concludes that
the isopropyl ester of
the hydroxylated analogue of
methionine does not present a risk on human health,
animal health or the environment.

this product

for

the

request

assessment of

The
authorisation
submitted in respect of the isopropyl ester of the hydro-
xylated analogue of methionine shows that this product
meets the requirements laid down in Article 6(2) of
Directive 82/471/EEC, under the conditions set out in
the Annex to this Directive. This product should there-
fore be authorised.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Article 1

The Annex to Directive 82/471/EEC is amended as provided in
the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 20 May 2004 at the latest. They shall forthwith
communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions
and a correlation table between those provisions and this Direc-
tive.

2. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall
contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such
their official publication.
a reference on the occasion of
Member States shall determine how such reference is to be
made.

3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in
the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the seventh day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 12 November 2003.

The measures provided for in this Directive are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 213, 21.7.1982, p. 8.
(2) OJ L 80, 23.3.1999, p. 20.

The following is added to the list of analogues of aminoacids in the Annex to Directive 82/421/EEC under the heading ‘4.1 Analogues of methionine’

ANNEX

Name of product group

Name of product

‘4.1 Analogues of
methionine

4.1.3 isopropyl ester
of the hydroxylated
analogue of methio-
nine

Designation of nutritive
principle or identity of
micro-organism

CH3-S-(CH2)2-CH(OH) -
COO-CH-(CH3)2

Culture substrat
(identifications, if any)

Composition characteris-
tics of the product

Animal species

Special provisions

—

— Monomer

esters:

Dairy cows

90 % minimum

— Humidity:

maximum 1 %

Statement to be included on the label or the packaging
of the product:
— Isopropyl ester of 2- hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic

acid

Statements to be included on the labelling or the
packaging of the compounded feed:
— Analogue of methionine:

Isopropyl ester of 2-

hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid

— Percentage of incorporation of analogue of methio-

nine in the feed.’

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