Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/261 of 17 January 2024 concerning the authorisation of black pepper essential oil and black pepper oleoresin from Piper nigrum L. as feed additives for all animal species and black pepper supercritical extract from Piper nigrum L. as a feed additive for cats and dogs

The substances specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and to the functional group ‘flavouring compounds’, 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 7 August 2024 in accordance with the rules applicable before 7 February 2024 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 7 February 2025 in accordance with the rules applicable before 7 February 2024 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 specified in the Annex which are produced and labelled before 7 February 2026 in accordance with the rules applicable before 7 February 2024 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.