Commission Regulation (EC) No 184/2007 of 20 February 2007 concerning the authorisation of potassium diformate (Formi LHS) as a feed additive (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, fattening, food additive, food safety, market approval, swine, zootechnics

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REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 184/2007

of 20 February 2007

concerning the authorisation of potassium diformate (Formi LHS) as a feed additive

(text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of
European Parliament and of
the Council of 22 September
2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in
particular Article 9(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisa-
tion of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the
grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.

(2)

(3)

(4)

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/
2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of
the preparation set out in the Annex. That application was
accompanied by the particulars and documents required
under Article 7(3) of that Regulation.

The application concerns authorisation of the preparation
of potassium diformate (Formi LHS) as a feed additive for
piglets (weaned) and pigs for fattening, to be classified in
the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’.

The method of analysis included in the application for
authorisation in accordance with Article 7(3)(c) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1831/2003 concerns the determination of the
active substance of the feed additive in feed. The method of
analysis referred to in the Annex to this Regulation is
therefore not to be understood as a Community method of
analysis within the meaning of Article 11 of Regulation

(1) 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).

(EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to
ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food
law, animal health and animal welfare rules (2).

The European Food Safety Authority (the Authority)
concludes in its opinion of 14 February 2006 (3) that the
safety of this additive for the consumer, the user and the
environment have already been established and will not be
changed by the proposed use. It further concludes, that the
use of the preparation does not have an adverse effect on
this animal category and that the use of that preparation
can improve the zootechnical parameters (average daily
intake gain, feed to gain ratio) for piglets (weaned) and pigs
for fattening. It considers that the post market monitoring
plan provided by the applicant is appropriate. The opinion
of the Authority recommends appropriate measures for
user safety. This opinion also verifies the report on the
method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by
the Community Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation
(EC) No 1831/2003.

that preparation shows

The assessment of
the
conditions for authorisation, provided for in Article 5 of
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly,
the use of
that preparation should be authorised, as
specified in the Annex to this Regulation.

that

(5)

(6)

(7) Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1810/2005 of
4 November 2005 concerning a new authorisation for 10
years of an additive in feedingstuffs,
the permanent
authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs and the

(2) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1, corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1.
Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ
L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(3) Opinion of

the Scientific Panel on Additives and products or
Substances used in Animal Feed on the safety and efficacy of the
product ‘Formi LHS’ as a feed additive for weaned piglets and pigs for
fattening in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
Adopted on 14 February 2006. The EFSA Journal (2006) 325, 1-16.

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provisional authorisation of new uses of certain additives
already authorised in feedingstuffs (1) which had provided
for an authorisation for that use under the transitional
provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 should
therefore be deleted.

(8)

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

is authorised as an additive in
‘other zootechnical additives’,
animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that
Annex.

Article 2

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1810/2005 is deleted.

Article 3

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive
category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
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, 20 February 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 291, 5.11.2005, p. 8.

ANNEX

Identification
number of the
additive

Name of the holder
of authorisation

Additive (trade name)

Composition, chemical formula, description,
analytical method

Species or
category of
animal

Maximum age

Minimum
content

Maximum
content

mg/kg of complete feedingstuff
with a moisture content of
12 %

Other provisions

End of period of
authorisation

Category of zootechnical additive. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters: weight gain or feed gain ratio)

4d800

BASF Aktienge-
sellschaft

Potassium difor-
mate

(Formi LHS)

Additive composition
Potassium diformate: min. 98 %
Silicate: max. 1,5 %
Water: Max. 0,5 %

Active substance
Potassium diformate, solid CAS
No20642-05-1

Analytical method (1)
Ion chromatography with conductivity
detection

Piglets
(weaned)

6 000

18 000

To be used until
35 kg.

approx.

21.3.2017

of

The mixture
different
sources of potassium difor-
mate must not exceed the
permitted maximum level in
of
complete
18 000 mg/kg of complete
feedingstuff.

feedingstuff

Pigs for fat-
tening

6 000

12 000

The additive shall be incorpo-
rated in compound feeding-
stuff in form of a premixture.

This product can produce risk
of serious damage to the eye.
Measures to protect workers
shall be adopted.

of

different
The mixture
sources of potassium difor-
mate must not exceed the
permitted maximum level in
of
complete
12 000 mg per
complete
feedingstuff.

feedingstuff

21.3.2017

(1) Details of the analytical method are available at the following address of the Community Reference Laboratory: www.irmm.jrc.be/html/crlfaa/

The additive shall be incorpo-
rated in compound feeding-
stuff in form of a premixture.

This product can produce risk
of serious damage to the eye.
Measures to protect workers
shall be adopted.

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