Commission Regulation (EC) No 1253/2008 of 15 December 2008 concerning the authorisation of copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine as a feed additive (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, consumer protection, copper, food additive, foodstuffs legislation, health risk, livestock farming, poultry

L 337/78

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.12.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1253/2008

of 15 December 2008

concerning the authorisation of copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine as a feed
additive

(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 9(2) thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the author­
isation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for
the grounds and procedures for granting such authori­
sation.

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

(5)

(6)

other risk which would, in accordance with Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, exclude authorisation.
According to that opinion, the use of that preparation
may be considered as a source of available copper and
fulfils the criteria of a nutritional additive for chickens for
fattening. The opinion of the Authority also recommends
appropriate measures for user safety. It does not consider
that there is a need for specific requirements of post-
It also verified the report on the
market monitoring.
method of
in feed
feed additive
the
submitted by the Community Reference Laboratory set
up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

analysis of

that preparation shows

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

that

are

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

opinion

the

the

of

the

application concerns

The
the
preparation of copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of
methionine as a feed additive for chickens for fattening,
to be classified in the additive category ‘nutritional
additives’.

authorisation of

From the opinion of the European Food Safety Authority
(the Authority) of 16 April 2008 it results that copper
chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine does not have
an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the
environment for chickens for fattening (2). The Authority
further concluded that
that product used as a feed
additive for chickens for fattening does not present any

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the
additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional
group ‘compounds of
trace elements’,
is authorised as an
additive in animal nutrition subject
to the conditions laid
down in that Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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

Done at Brussels, 15 December 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.
(2) Scientific Opinion of

the Panel on Additives and Products or
Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) on a request from the
European Commission on the safety and efficacy of Mintrex®Cu
(copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine) as
feed
additive for all species. The EFSA Journal (2008) 693, pp. 1-19.

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Official Journal of the European Union

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