Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/873 of 22 May 2017 concerning the authorisation of L-tryptophan produced by Escherichia coli as a feed additive for all animal species (Text with EEA relevance. )

The substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘amino acids, their salts and analogues’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

1 The substance specified in the Annex authorised by Commission Directive 88/485/EEC and premixtures containing it may be placed on the market until 12 December 2017 in accordance with the rules applicable before 12 June 2017 and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

2 Feed materials and compound feed containing the substance referred to in paragraph 1 which are produced and labelled before 12 June 2018 in accordance with the rules applicable before 12 June 2017 may 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 12 June 2019 in accordance with the rules applicable before 12 June 2017 may 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.