Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1418 of 6 October 2020 concerning the authorisation of saponified paprika (Capsicum annuum) extract (capsanthin) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, minor poultry species for fattening, laying hens and minor poultry species for laying (Text with EEA relevance)

The substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and to the functional group ‘colourants: (ii) substances which, when fed to animals, add colours to food of animal origin’, is authorised as a feed additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

1 The substance specified in the Annex and premixtures containing this substance, which are produced and labelled before 27 April 2021 in accordance with the rules applicable before 27 October 2020 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

2 Compound feed and feed materials containing the substance as specified in the Annex which are produced and labelled before 27 October 2021 in accordance with the rules applicable before 27 October 2020 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for 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.