Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/913 of 29 May 2019 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate as a feed additive for cats and repealing Regulation (EC) No 163/2008 (holder of authorisation Bayer HealthCare AG) (Text with EEA relevance.)

5.6.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 146/57 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/913 of 29 May 2019 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate as a feed additive for cats and repealing Regulation (EC) No 163/2008 (holder of authorisation Bayer HealthCare AG) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting and renewing such authorisation. (2) Lanthanum carbonate octahydrate was authorised for 10 years as a feed additive for cats by Commission Regulation (EC) No 163/2008 (2). (3) In accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted by the holder of that authorisation for the renewal of the authorisation of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate as a feed additive for cats, requesting that additive to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. (4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 29 November 2018 (3) that the applicant has provided data demonstrating that the additive complies with the conditions of authorisation. (5) The assessment of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the authorisation of that additive should be renewed as specified in the Annex to this Regulation. (6) As a consequence of the renewal of the authorisation of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate as a feed additive under the conditions laid down in the Annex to this Regulation, Regulation (EC) No 163/2008 should be repealed. (7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The authorisation of the additive specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘other zootechnical additives’, is renewed subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex. Article 2 Regulation (EC) No 163/2008 is repealed. (1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. (2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 163/2008 of 22 February 2008 concerning an authorisation of the preparation Lanthanum carbonate octahydrate (Lantharenol) as a feed additive (OJ L 50, 23.2.2008, p. 3). (3) EFSA Journal 2018;16(12):5542.L 146/58 EN Official Journal of the European Union 5.6.2019 Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 May 2019. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKERANNEX Minimum Maximum Identifi­ content content Species or End of cation Name of the holder Composition, chemical formula, Additive category of Other provisions period of number of of authorisation description, analytical method mg of additive/kg of animal authorisation the additive complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % Category of zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (decrease in phosphorous excretion via urine) 4d1 Bayer HealthCare Lanthanum Additive composition: Cats 1 500 7 500 1. In the directions for use of the additive 25 June AG carbonate and premixtures, the storage conditions 2029 Preparation of Lanthanum car­ octahydrate and stability to heat treatment shall be bonate octahydrate indicated. At least 85 % Lanthanum carbonate 2. For users of the additive and premix­ octahydrate as active substance. tures, feed business operators shall Characterisation of the active substance: establish operational procedures and organisational measures to address Lanthanum carbonate octahydrate potential risks resulting from its use. La (CO) 8H O Where those risks cannot be eliminated 2 33* 2 CAS number 6487-39-4 or reduced to a minimum by such pro­ cedures and measures, the additive and Analytical method(1) premixtures shall be used with personal For the quantification of Carbonate protective equipment, including breath­ in the feed additive: ing protection. Community Method (Reg. (EC) 3. In the directions for use of the additive, No 152/2009 – Annex III-O) the following shall be indicated: For the quantification of Lantha­ ‘avoid simultaneous use of feeds with num in the feed additive and feed­ high level of phosphorus.’. ingstuffs: Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) (1) Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/eurl/feed-additives/evaluation-reports 5.6.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 146/59