Commission Regulation (EC) No 156/2008 of 21 February 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 109/2007 as regards the minimum content of the feed additive monensin sodium (Coxidin) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-02-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fattening, food additive, foodstuffs legislation, market approval, poultry, zootechnics

L 48/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.2.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 156/2008

of 21 February 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 109/2007 as regards the minimum content of the feed additive
monensin sodium (Coxidin)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The additive monensin sodium (Coxidin) was authorised
under certain conditions in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 1831/2003. Commission Regulation (EC) No
109/2007 (2) authorised that additive for 10 years for
use for chickens for fattening and turkey,
linking the
authorisation to the holder of authorisation for putting
that additive into circulation.

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the possi-
bility of modifying the authorisation of an additive
further to a request from the holder of the authorisation
and an opinion of the European Food Safety Authority
(the Authority).

which proposes changing the terms of the authorisation
by reducing the minimum content of that additive as
regards use for turkeys.

the
In its opinion adopted on 18 September 2007,
the minimum
Authority has proposed to reduce
content of
turkeys from 90 mg to
60 mg per kg of complete feedingstuff because it can
be considered efficacious in the control of coccidiosis (3).

the additive for

Regulation (EC) No 109/2007 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

opinion

the

the

of

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 109/2007 is replaced by the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

(3)

The holder of
the feed additive
monensin sodium (Coxidin) has submitted an application

the authorisation of

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, 21 February 2008.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(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).

(2) OJ L 31, 6.2.2007, p. 6.

(3) Opinion of

the Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or
Substances used in Animal Feed on Efficacy of Coxidin 25 %
(monensin sodium) as a feed additive for turkeys. Adopted on
18 September 2007. The EFSA Journal (2007) 545, 1-13.

22.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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