Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/824 of 8 March 2024 concerning the authorisation of gentian tincture from Gentiana lutea L. as a feed additive for certain animal species

The substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and to the functional group ‘flavouring compounds,’ is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

The feed additive gentian tincture from Gentiana lutea L., as authorised pursuant to Directive 70/524/EEC, shall be withdrawn from the market in respect of the animal species and categories other than those mentioned in the Annex.

1 The feed additive referred to in Article 2 and premixtures containing that additive, which are produced and labelled before 30 September 2024 in accordance with the rules applicable before 31 March 2024, may continue to be placed on the market and used in respect of the animal species and categories mentioned in the Annex until the stocks concerned are exhausted.

2 Compound feed and feed materials containing the feed additive referred to in Article 2, which are produced and labelled before 31 March 2025 in accordance with the rules applicable before 31 March 2024, may continue to be placed on the market and used in respect of the animal species and categories mentioned in the Annex until the stocks concerned are exhausted.

1 Existing stocks of the feed additive referred to in Article 2 may continue to be placed on the market and used in respect of the animal species and categories other than those mentioned in the Annex until 31 March 2025.

2 Premixtures produced with the feed additive referred to in paragraph 1 may continue to be placed on the market and used in respect of the animal species and categories other than those mentioned in the Annex until 30 June 2025.

3 Compound feed and feed materials produced with the feed additive referred to in paragraph 1 or with the premixtures referred to in paragraph 2 may continue to be placed on the market and used in respect of the animal species and categories other than those mentioned in the Annex until 31 March 2026.

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