Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 842/2012 of 18 September 2012 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate as a feed additive for dogs (holder of authorisation Bayer Animal Health GmbH)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: food additive, food safety, market approval, pet food




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19.9.2012   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 252/21








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 842/2012
of 18 September 2012
         
concerning the authorisation of a preparation of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate as a feed additive for dogs (holder of authorisation Bayer Animal Health GmbH)
(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 the preparation of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate, CAS number 6487-39-4. 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 the preparation lanthanum carbonate octahydrate CAS number 6487-39-4 as a feed additive for dogs, to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’.












(4)


The use of that preparation was authorised for 10 years for cats by Commission Regulation (EC) No 163/2008 (2).












(5)


New data were submitted in support of the application for authorisation of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate, CAS number 6487-39-4, for dogs. The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 6 March 2012 that, under the proposed conditions of use, lanthanum carbonate octahydrate does not have an adverse effect on the target species (3). It further concluded that lanthanum carbonate octahydrate has the potential to reduce the phosphorus bioavailability in adult dogs. It could not, however, comment on the long-term effects. 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.












(6)


The assessment of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate, CAS number 6487-39-4, shows that the conditions for authorisation, as 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. It is appropriate to provide for post-market monitoring as regards long-term adverse effects.












(7)


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 ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘other zootechnical additives’, 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, 18 September 2012.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





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

(2)  
            OJ L 50, 23.2.2008, p. 3.

(3)  
            EFSA Journal 2012; 10(3):2618.




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




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





Category of zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (decrease in phosphorus excretion via urine)






4d1


Bayer Animal Health GmbH


Lanthanum carbonate octahydrate








 



Additive composition







 


Preparation of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate.










 


At least 85 % lanthanum carbonate octahydrate as active substance














 



Characterisation of the active substance







 


Lanthanum carbonate octahydrate










 


La2 (CO3)3 · 8H2O










 


CAS number 6487-39-4














 



Analytical method
 (1)







 


Quantification of carbonate in the feed additive:
Community method (Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009) (2)











 


Quantification of lanthanum in the feed additive and feedingstuff: inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES).










Dogs


—


1 500 


7 500 


Post-market monitoring on chronic adverse effects is required.
In the directions for use of the additive:






‘—


for adult dogs










—


recommended dose of inclusion in moist feed with 20-25 % dry matter content: 340 to 2 100  mg per kg










—


avoid simultaneous use of feeds with high level of phosphorus’






9 October 2022






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

(2)  
            OJ L 54, 26.2.2009, p. 1.