Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/279 of 12 February 2025 concerning the authorisation of cajeput essential oil from Melaleuca cajuputi Maton&Sm. ex R. Powell and Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. as a feed additive for all 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.

1 The feed additive cajeput essential oil derived from Melaleuca cajuputi Maton & Sm. ex R. Powell and Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L., as authorised pursuant to Directive 70/524/EEC and premixtures containing this additive, which are produced and labelled before 5 September 2025 in accordance with the rules applicable before 5 March 2025 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the stocks concerned are exhausted.

2 Compound feed and feed materials containing the feed additive referred to in paragraph 1, which are produced and labelled before 5 March 2026 in accordance with the rules applicable before 5 March 2025 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the stocks concerned are exhausted if they are intended for food-producing animals.

3 Compound feed and feed materials containing the feed additive referred to in paragraph 1, which are produced and labelled before 5 March 2027 in accordance with the rules applicable before 5 March 2025 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the stocks concerned 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.