Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 131/2014 of 11 February 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 601/2013 concerning the authorisation of cobalt(II) acetate tetrahydrate, cobalt(II) carbonate, cobalt(II) carbonate hydroxide (2:3) monohydrate, cobalt(II) sulphate heptahydrate and coated granulated cobalt(II) carbonate hydroxide (2:3) monohydrate as feed additives Text with EEA relevance

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2003, the entries “cobaltous acetate tetrahydrate”, “basic cobaltous carbonate monohydrate” and “cobaltous sulphate heptahydrate”, related to the element E3 Cobalt-Co, are deleted.

The substances specified in the Annex which were authorised by Directive 70/524/EEC and feed containing them, which are produced and labelled before 4 September 2014 in accordance with the rules applicable before 15 July 2013 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted. As regards feed intended for pet animals, the time period for production and labelling referred to in the first sentence shall end on 4 March 2016.’

The substances specified in the Annex which were authorised by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 601/2013 and feed containing them, which are produced and labelled before 4 September 2014 in accordance with the rules applicable before 4 March 2014 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted. As regards feed intended for pet animals, the time period for production and labelling referred to in the first sentence shall end on 4 March 2016.

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