Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 159/2013 of 21 February 2013 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of sodium benzoate, propionic acid and sodium propionate as a feed additive for pigs, poultry, bovines, sheep, goats, rabbits and horses and amending Regulations (EC) No 1876/2006 and (EC) No 757/2007 Text with EEA relevance

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘preservatives’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1876/2006 and Annex IV thereto are deleted.

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 757/2007 and Annex I thereto are deleted.

The preparation specified in the Annex and feed containing that preparation, which are produced and labelled before 14 September 2013 in accordance with the rules applicable before 14 March 2013 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.