Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1061 of 2 July 2015 concerning the authorisation of ascorbic acid, sodium ascorbyl phosphate, sodium calcium ascorbyl phosphate, sodium ascorbate, calcium ascorbate and ascorbyl palmitate as feed additives for all animal species (Text with EEA relevance)

1 The substances specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect’, are authorised as additives in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

2 The substances specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘antioxidants’, are authorised as additives in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

1 The substances specified in the Annex and premixtures containing those substances, which are produced and labelled before 23 January 2016 in accordance with the rules applicable before 23 July 2015 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

2 Compound feed and feed materials containing the substances specified in the Annex which are produced and labelled before 23 July 2016 in accordance with the rules applicable before 23 July 2015 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for food-producing animals.

3 Compound feed and feed materials containing the substances as specified in the Annex which are produced and labelled before 23 July 2017 in accordance with the rules applicable before 23 July 2015 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for non-food-producing animals.

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