Commission Regulation (EC) No 141/2007 of 14 February 2007 concerning a requirement for approval in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council for feed business establishments manufacturing or placing on the market feed additives of the category coccidiostats and histomonostats (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, food additive, food industry, food inspection, foodstuffs legislation, marketing standard, traceability

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 141/2007

of 14 February 2007

concerning a requirement for approval in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the
European Parliament and of the Council for feed business establishments manufacturing or placing
on the market feed additives of the category ‘coccidiostats and histomonostats’

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 laying down
requirements for feed hygiene (1), and in particular Article 10(3)
thereof,

(5)

histomonostats’ which were not required to be approved
under national legislation. Establishments approved under
Council Directive 95/69/EC (3) are already covered by
Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005.

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

opinion

the

the

of

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 provides for the approval
of certain feed business establishments. The principal
objective of the approval system set up by Regulation
(EC) No 183/2005 is to subject establishments manufac-
turing and/or placing on the market products deemed
sensitive
laid
relevant hygiene
down in that Regulation. That Regulation provides for
a possibility to extend the scope of
the approval
requirement.

requirements

to the

‘Coccidiostats and histomonostats’ are one of the cat-
egories of feed additives referred to in Article 6(1)(e) of
the European
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of
Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003
in animal nutrition (2). This
on additives
feed additives is deemed to be equally
category of
for which an approval
the
as
sensitive
requirement
in Regulation (EC) No
is provided for
183/2005.

categories

for use

Article 1

Feed business operators shall ensure that establishments under
their control and covered by Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 are
approved by the competent authority, where such estab-
feed
lishments manufacture and/or place on the market
the category ‘coccidiostats and histomonostats’.
additives of
The approval shall be carried out in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 183/2005.

Article 2

Establishments manufacturing and/or placing on the market
feed additives of the category ‘coccidiostats and histomonostats’
and which on the date of entry into force of this Regulation
were not required by national legislation to be approved for this
category of feed additives, may continue their activities until a
decision has been taken on their application for approval, on
condition that they submit that application to the competent
authority in whose area their establishment
is located by
7 June 2007.

Therefore, establishments manufacturing and/or placing
on the market feed additives belonging to the category
‘coccidiostats and histomonostats’
should equally be
subject to the same approval requisites.

Article 3

Transitional measures should be provided for as regards
establishments manufacturing and/or placing on the
market feed additives of the category ‘coccidiostats and

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

(1) OJ L 35, 8.2.2005, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. Regulation as

amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005 (OJ L 59, 5.3.2005,
p. 8).

It shall apply from 7 April 2007.

(3) OJ L 332, 30.12.1995, p. 15. Directive as repealed by Regulation

(EC) No 183/2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 February 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission