Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2012 of 26 March 2012 concerning the authorisation of dicopper chloride trihydroxide as feed additive for all animal species  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, food additive, food safety, market approval




L_2012089EN.01000301.xml










27.3.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/3








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 269/2012
of 26 March 2012
         
concerning the authorisation of dicopper chloride trihydroxide as feed additive for all animal species
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the 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 authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.












(2)


In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of dicopper chloride trihydroxide. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.












(3)


The application concerns the authorisation of dicopper chloride trihydroxide as a feed additive for all animal species, to be classified in the additive category ‘nutritional additives’.












(4)


The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 6 September 2011 (2) that, under the proposed conditions of use, dicopper chloride trihydroxide does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment and that its use may be considered as an effective source of copper for all animal species. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.












(5)


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












(6)


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
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 twentieth day following that of 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, 26 March 2012.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.

(2)  
            EFSA Journal 2011; 9(9):2355.




ANNEX














Identification number of the additive


Name of the holder of authorisation


Additive


Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method


Species or category of animal


Maximum age


Minimum content


Maximum content


Other provisions


End of period of authorisation




Content of element (Cu) in mg/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %





Category of nutritional additives. Functional group: compounds of trace elements






3b409


—


Dicopper chloride trihydroxide








 



Characterisation of the additive:






 


Chemical formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl










 


CAS Number: 1332-65-6










 


crystal form atacamite/paratacamite in a 1:1 to 1:1,5 ratio










 


Purity: min. 90 %










 


alpha-crystal: min. 95 % in the crystalline product










 


Cu content: min. 53 %










 


Particles < 50 μm: below 1 %














 



Analytical method
 (1):






 


For the identification of dicopper chloride trihydroxide atacamite/paratacamite crystal forms in the additive: X-ray diffraction (XRD).










 


For the determination of total copper in the additive and premixtures:






—


EN 15510: Inductively Coupled Plasma — Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES), or










—


CEN/TS 15621: Inductively Coupled Plasma – Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) after pressure digestion.














 


For the determination of total copper in feed materials and compound feed:






—


Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), or










—


EN 15510, or










—


CEN/TS 15621.














All animal species


—


—


Bovine






—


Bovine before the start of rumination: 15 (total)










—


Other bovine: 35 (total)




Ovine: 15 (total)
Piglets up to 12 weeks: 170 (total)
Crustaceans: 50 (total)
Other animals: 25 (total)








1.


The additive shall be incorporated into feed in the form of a premixture.










2.


For user safety: breathing protection, safety glasses and gloves should be worn during handling.










3.


The following words shall be included in the labelling:






—


For feed for sheep if the level of copper in the feed exceeds 10 mg/kg:

‘The level of copper in this feed may cause poisoning in certain breeds of sheep.’











—


For feed for bovines after the start of rumination if the level of copper in the feed is less than 20 mg/kg:

‘The level of copper in this feed may cause copper deficiencies in cattle grazing pastures with high contents of molybdenum or sulphur.’











16 April 2022






(1)  Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: http://irmm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/EURLs/EURL_feed_additives/Pages/index.aspx