Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 of 6 July 2016 concerning the authorisation of Zinc acetate dihydrate, Zinc chloride anhydrous, Zinc oxide, Zinc sulphate heptahydrate, Zinc sulphate monohydrate, Zinc chelate of amino acids hydrate, Zinc chelate of protein hydrolysates, Zinc chelate of glycine hydrate (solid) and Zinc chelate of glycine hydrate (liquid) as feed additives for all animal species and amending Regulations (EC) No 1334/2003, (EC) No 479/2006, (EU) No 335/2010 and Implementing Regulations (EU) No 991/2012 and (EU) No 636/2013 (Text with EEA relevance)

The substances specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘compounds of trace elements’, are authorised as additives in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2003, from the entry E6 on the element Zinc-Zn the following additives: ‘Zinc acetate dihydrate’, ‘Zinc oxide’, ‘Zinc sulphate heptahydrate’, ‘Zinc sulphate monohydrate’, ‘Zinc chelate of amino acids hydrate’, and their chemical formulas and descriptions are deleted.

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 479/2006, the entry E6 on the additive ‘Zinc chelate of glycine hydrate’ is deleted.

In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 335/2010, in the line 3b6.10 the eighth column is replaced by the following: ‘Dogs and cats: 200 (total) Salmonids and milk replacers for calves: 180 (total) Piglets, sows, rabbits and all fish species other than salmonids: 150 (total) Other species and categories: 120 (total)’.

In the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 991/2012, in the line 3b609 the eighth column is replaced by the following: ‘Dogs and cats: 200 (total) Salmonids and milk replacers for calves: 180 (total) Piglets, sows, rabbits and all fish species other than salmonids: 150 (total) Other species and categories: 120 (total)’.

In the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 636/2013, in the line 3b611 the eighth column is replaced by the following: ‘Dogs and cats: 200 (total) Salmonids and milk replacers for calves: 180 (total) Piglets, sows, rabbits and all fish species other than salmonids: 150 (total) Other species and categories: 120 (total)’.

1 Zinc acetate dihydrate, Zinc oxide, Zinc sulphate heptahydrate, Zinc sulphate monohydrate, Zinc chelate of amino acids hydrate and Zinc chelate of glycine hydrate and the zinc compounds authorised by Regulation (EU) No 335/2010 and Implementing Regulations (EU) No 991/2012 and (EU) No 636/2013 and premixtures containing them, which are produced and labelled before 27 January 2017 in accordance with the rules applicable before 27 July 2016 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

2 Feed materials and compound feed containing the substances referred to in paragraph 1 which are produced and labelled before 27 July 2017 in accordance with the rules applicable before 27 July 2016 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 Feed materials and compound feed containing the substances referred to in paragraph 1 which are produced and labelled before 27 July 2018 in accordance with the rules applicable before 27 July 2016 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.