LegalizeCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1768 of 4 October 2016 concerning the authorisation of guanidinoacetic acid as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, weaned piglets and pigs for fattening and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 904/2009 (Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1
The substance and the preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘other zootechnical additives’, are authorised as additives in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 904/2009 is repealed.
Article 3
The substance specified in the Annex and premixtures containing that substance, which are produced and labelled before 25 April 2017 in accordance with the rules applicable before 25 October 2016 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
Feed materials and compound feed containing the substance referred to in paragraph 1 may be placed on the market until 25 October 2017 in accordance with the rules applicable before 25 October 2016 and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
Article 4
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.
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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | mg guanidinoacetic acid/kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12 % | mg guanidinoacetic acid/kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12 % | Other provisions | End of period of authorisation | |||||||
| Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | |||||||
| 4d372 | Name of the holder of authorisation | Additive | Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method. | Species or category of animal | Maximum age | Alzchem Trostberg GmbH | Guanidinoacetic acid | Other provisions | End of period of authorisation | Additive composition: Guanidinoacetic acid 98 % on dry matter basis Solid form Characterisation of the active substance: Guanidinoacetic acid produced by chemical synthesis Chemical formula: C3H7N3O2 CAS number: 352-97-6 Purity: 98 % Impurities: — maximum cyanamide content 0,03 %, — maximum dicyandiamide content 0,5 %. Analytical method [^E0001] For the determination of guanidinoacetic acid in the compound feed: ion chromatography coupled with ultraviolet detection (IC-UV). | Chickens for fattening | - | 600 | 1 200 | 1. The moisture content shall be indicated on the labelling of the additive. 2. In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions and the stability to heat treatment shall be indicated. 3. When using the additive, attention shall be paid to the supply with vitamin B12 and methyl donors other than methionine in the diet of the animal. 4. Simultaneous use of this additive in water for drinking and in feed is not permitted. | 25 October 2026 |
| 4d372 | Weaned piglets | 600 | 1 200 | |||||||||||||
| 4d372 | Pigs for fattening | 600 | 1 200 |
Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/eurl-fa-eurl-feed-additives/eurl-fa-authorisation/eurl-fa-evaluation-reports_en
| 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | mg guanidinoacetic acid/kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12 % | mg guanidinoacetic acid/kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12 % | Other provisions | End of period of authorisation | |||||||
| Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | Category: Zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of performance parameters) | |||||||
| 4d372i | Name of the holder of authorisation | Additive | Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method | Species or category of animal | Maximum age | Alzchem Trostberg GmbH | Guanidinoacetic acid | Other provisions | End of period of authorisation | Additive composition: Preparation containing a minimum of 96 % of guanidinoacetic acid. Solid form Characterisation of the active substance: Guanidinoacetic acid produced by chemical synthesis Chemical formula: C3H7N3O2 CAS number: 352-97-6 Purity: 98 % Impurities: — maximum cyanamide content 0,03 %, — maximum dicyandiamide content 0,5 %. Analytical method [^E0002] For the determination of guanidinoacetic acid in the compound feed: ion chromatography coupled with ultraviolet detection (IC-UV). | Chickens for fattening | — | 600 | 1 200 | 1. The moisture content shall be indicated on the labelling of the additive. 2. In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions and the stability to heat treatment shall be indicated. 3. When using the additive, attention shall be paid to the supply with vitamin B12 and methyl donors other than methionine in the diet of the animal. 4. Simultaneous use of this additive in water for drinking and in feed is not permitted. | 25 October 2026 |
| 4d372i | Weaned piglets | 600 | 1 200 | |||||||||||||
| 4d372i | Pigs for fattening | 600 | 1 200 |
Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/eurl-fa-eurl-feed-additives/eurl-fa-authorisation/eurl-fa-evaluation-reports_en
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