Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/107 of 23 January 2020 concerning the authorisation of ponceau 4R as a feed additive for dogs, cats and ornamental fish
WTO code |
G/SPS/N/EU/418 |
Date notice |
12/10/2020 |
Notice type |
Regular |
Title |
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/107 of 23 January 2020 concerning the authorisation of ponceau 4R as a feed additive for dogs, cats and ornamental fish |
Summary |
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. Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the re-evaluation of additives authorised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC (2).
Ponceau 4R was authorised without a time limit in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC as a feed additive for ornamental fish belonging to the group 'colourants, including pigments', under the heading 'other colourants'. It was also authorised without a time limit as a feed additive for dogs and cats belonging to the group 'colourants, including pigments', under the heading 'colouring agents authorised for colouring foodstuffs by Community rules'. The additive was subsequently entered in the Register of feed additives as an existing product, in accordance with Article 10(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction with Article 7 thereof, an application was submitted for the re-evaluation of ponceau 4R as a feed additive for ornamental fish and for dogs and cats. The applicant requested the additive to be classified in the additive category 'sensory additive' and in the functional group 'colourants'. The application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
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Product |
HS Code 2309 preparation of a kind use in animal nutrition. |
Country |
European Union |
File attach:
NEU418.pdf
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