Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/782 of 23 April 2025 amending Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 as regards the determination of carbonates in feed
Date: 2025-04-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, food inspection, market approval, sampling




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2025/782


24.4.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/782
of 23 April 2025
         
amending Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 as regards the determination of carbonates in feed
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 34(6) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 (2) lays down methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 (3) deleted the method of analysis for the determination of carbonates in feed. However, the quantification of carbonates in the authorised feed additive lanthanum carbonate octahydrate requires the use of the deleted method of analysis.












(3)


Furthermore, Commission Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 (4) provides for the compulsory declaration of calcium carbonate for certain feed materials. It is necessary to use the deleted method of analysis to determine the quantity of calcium carbonate in those feed materials.












(4)


It is therefore appropriate to reintroduce the method of analysis for the determination of carbonates in feed.












(5)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


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, 23 April 2025.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/625/oj.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 of 27 January 2009 laying down methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed (OJ L 54, 26.2.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/152/oj).

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 amending Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed (OJ L, 2024/771, 15.3.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/771/oj).

(4)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 of 16 January 2013 on the Catalogue of feed materials (OJ L 29, 30.1.2013, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/68/oj).




ANNEX
In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 152/2009, the following part is added after part ‘O. DETERMINATION OF CHLORINE FROM CHLORIDES’:

‘P.   DETERMINATION OF CARBONATES
1.   Purpose and Scope

This method makes it possible to determine the amount of carbonates, conventionally expressed as calcium carbonate, in feed with the exception of feed where iron carbnate is present.
2.   Principle

The carbonates are decomposed in hydrochloric acid; the carbon dioxide released is collected in a graduated tube, and its volume compared with that released under the same conditions by a known quantity of calcium carbonate.
3.   Reagents









3.1.


Hydrochloric acid, density 1,10 g/ml.












3.2.


Pure calcium carbonate.












3.3.


Sulphuric acid, approximately 0,05 mol/litre, coloured with methyl red.




4.   Apparatus

Scheibler-Dietrich apparatus (see diagram in the Appendix) or equivalent apparatus (calcimeter).
5.   Procedure

Depending on the sample’s carbonate content, weigh a portion of the sample as shown below:






(a)


0,5 g for products containing from 50 % to 100 % of carbonates, expressed as calcium carbonate;










(b)


1 g for products containing from 40 % to 50 % of carbonates, expressed as calcium carbonate;










(c)


2 g to 3 g for other products.




Hydrochloric acid (point 3.1, above) is added to the portion of the sample to decompose any carbonates present. The volume of carbon dioxide is measured by using a Scheibler-Dietrich apparatus or equivalent apparatus (calcimeter) and is compared with the volume of carbon dioxide produced by 0,5 g pure calcium carbonate (point 3.2, above).
All determinations shall be carried out under the same conditions in order to avoid making corrections for differences in temperature and pressure. The determination should be preferably carried out in a temperature-controlled room.
The procedure making use of the Scheibler-Dietrich apparatus is described in detail in the Appendix.
6.   Calculation

The content of carbonates, expressed as pure calcium carbonate, is calculated by using the formula:






X =


V ×100




V1 × 2m




where:







X


=


% (w/w) of carbonates in the sample, expressed as calcium carbonate




V


=


ml of CO2 released by the portion of the sample




V1



=


ml of CO2 released by 0,5 g of CaCO3




m


=


weight, in grammes, of the portion of the sample.




7.   Observations









7.1.


If the Scheibler-Dietrich apparatus is used and the sample weighs more than 2 g, first place 15 ml of distilled water in the flask (item 4 in the diagram in the Appendix, below) and mix before beginning the test by adding hydrochloric acid (point 3.1, above). Use the same volume of distilled water for the control test.












7.2.


If the apparatus used has a different volume from that of the Scheibler-Dietrich apparatus, the portions taken from the sample and from the control substance and the calculation must be adapted accordingly.


Appendix

Detailed procedure making use of the Scheibler-Dietrich apparatus

Place the portion of the sample in the special flask (item 4 in the diagram) of the apparatus, fitted with a small tube of unbreakable material containing 10 ml of hydrochloric acid (point 3.1, above), and connect the flask to the apparatus. Turn the three-way cock (item 5 in the diagram) so that the graduated tube (item 1 in the diagram) connects with the outside. Using the mobile tube (item 2 in the diagram), which is filled with coloured sulphuric acid (point 3.3, above) and is connected to the graduated tube (item 1 in the diagram), bring the level of the liquid up to the zero mark. Turn the three-way cock (item 5 in the diagram) in order to connect up the tubes (items 1 and 3 in the diagram) and check that the level is at zero.
Run the hydrochloric acid (point 3.1, above) slowly over the portion of the sample, tilting the special flask (item 4 in the diagram). Make the pressure equal by lowering the mobile tube (item 2 in the diagram). Shake the special flask (item 4 in the diagram) until the release of carbon dioxide has stopped completely.
Restore the pressure by bringing the liquid back to the same level in the tubes (items 1 and 2 in the diagram). After a few minutes, when the volume of gas has become constant, take the reading.
Carry out a control test in the same conditions on 0,5 g of calcium carbonate (point 3.2, above).
SCHEIBLER-DIETRICH APPARATUS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF CO2






(measured in mm)


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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/782/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)