Date: 2025-07-18Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1419 of 17 July 2025 amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/148, (EU) 2021/2094 and (EU) 2023/1172 as regards the name of the holder of the authorisation for feed additives
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
**Executive Summary:**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1419, dated 17 July 2025, amends Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/148, (EU) 2021/2094, and (EU) 2023/1172 to reflect a change in the name of the authorization holder for specified feed additives from Zoetis Belgium S.A. to Phibro Animal Health SA. The regulation allows for a transitional period for existing stocks produced and labelled before the regulation's entry into force to be used up. It enters into force twenty days following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Amendment of Feed Additive Authorizations:**
* The name of the authorization holder for decoquinate (Deccox and AviDeccox 60G), robenidine hydrochloride (Robenz 66G), and lasalocid A sodium (Avatec 150 G) is changed from Zoetis Belgium S.A. to Phibro Animal Health SA.
* This change is administrative and does not require a new safety assessment.
* **Amendments to Implementing Regulations:**
* Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/148 is amended to replace "Zoetis SA" with "Phibro Animal Health SA" in the title and Annex.
* Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2094 is amended to replace "Zoetis Belgium SA" with "Phibro Animal Health SA" in the title and Annex.
* Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1172 is amended to replace "Zoetis Belgium SA" with "Phibro Animal Health SA" in the title and Annex.
* **Transitional Measures:**
* Feed additives produced and labelled before the regulation's entry into force can continue to be placed on the market and used until existing stocks are exhausted.
* **Entry Into Force:**
* This regulation enters into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis:**
**Phibro Animal Health SA:**
* *Impact:* The company's new name is officially recognized as the authorization holder for the specified feed additives in the relevant EU regulations.
* *Action Required:* Ensure all future product labelling and marketing materials reflect the new company name (Phibro Animal Health SA).
**Zoetis Belgium S.A. (formerly):**
* *Impact:* The company is no longer recognized as the authorization holder for the specified feed additives under its previous name.
* *Action Required:* Ensure all future references and documentation reflect the transfer of authorization to Phibro Animal Health SA.
**Manufacturers, Distributors, and Users of Affected Feed Additives:**
* *Impact:* May continue to use existing stocks of the specified feed additives produced and labelled under the previous authorization holder name during the transitional period.
* *Action Required:* Transition to products labelled with the new authorization holder name (Phibro Animal Health SA) once existing stocks are depleted.
**European Food Safety Authority (EFSA):**
* *Impact:* Informed of the change in authorization holder name.
* *Action Required:* Update internal records and databases to reflect the new authorization holder name for the specified feed additives.
**EU Member States:**
* *Impact:* Directly affected, as the regulation is binding and applicable in its entirety.
* *Action Required:* Implement the regulation and ensure compliance within their respective jurisdictions.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
European Commission: An institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, and managing the EU's day-to-day business.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union, outlining its scope of operations.
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition.
Zoetis Belgium S.A.: Former holder of the authorisation for the feed additives.
Phibro Animal Health SA: New holder of the authorisation for the feed additives, after the change of name.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/148: Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the authorisation of robenidine hydrochloride Robenz 66G as a feed additive for chickens for fattening.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2094: Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the authorisation of decoquinate Deccox and AviDeccox 60G as a feed additive for chickens for fattening.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1419 18.7.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/1419
of 17 July 2025
amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/148, (EU) 2021/2094 and (EU) 2023/1172 as regards
the name of the holder of the authorisation for feed additives
(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 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decoquinate (Deccox and Avi-Deccox 60G), robenidine hydrochloride (Robenz 66G) and a preparation of lasalocid A
sodium (Avatec 150 G) were authorised as feed additives (‘feed additives concerned’) by Commission Implementing
Regulations (EU) 2020/148(2), (EU) 2021/2094(3)and (EU) 2023/1172(4).
(2) The holder of the authorisations for the feed additives concerned, Zoetis Belgium S.A., has submitted an application
in accordance with Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 proposing to change the name of the holder of
the authorisations for the feed additives concerned to Phibro Animal Health SA.
(3) The proposed change of the terms of the authorisations is purely administrative in nature and does not entail a new
assessment of the feed additives concerned. The European Food Safety Authority was informed of the application.
(4) To allow Phibro Animal Health SA to exploit its marketing rights, it is necessary to change the terms of the
authorisations concerned.
(5) Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/148, (EU) 2021/2094 and (EU) 2023/1172 should therefore be amended
accordingly.
(6) Since safety reasons do not require the immediate application of the amendments made by this Implementing
Regulation, it is appropriate to allow a transitional period during which existing stocks of the feed additives
concerned may be used up.
(7) The measures provided for in this Implementing Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2003/1831/oj.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/148 of 3 February 2020 concerning the authorisation of robenidine hydrochloride
(Robenz 66G) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening and amending Regulation (EC) No 1800/2004 (holder of authorisation
Zoetis SA) (OJ L 33, 5.2.2020, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/148/oj).
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2094 of 29 November 2021 concerning the authorisation of decoquinate (Deccox
and Avi-Deccox 60G) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening (holder of authorisation Zoetis Belgium SA) and repealing
Regulation (EC) No 1289/2004) (OJ L 427, 30.11.2021, p. 173, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/2094/oj).
(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1172 of 15 June 2023 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of lasalocid A
sodium (Avatec 150 G) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, the denial of authorisation of a preparation of lasalocid A sodium
(Avatec 150 G) as a feed additive for chickens reared for laying, the withdrawal from the market of a preparation of lasalocid A
sodium (Avatec 15 % cc) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening and chickens reared for laying and repealing Regulation (EC)
No 1455/2004 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/932 (holder of authorisation: Zoetis Belgium S.A.) (OJ L 155, 16.6.2023,
p. 22, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/1172/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1419/oj 1/3EN
OJ L, 18.7.2025
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/148
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/148 is amended as follows:
(1) in the title, the name ‘Zoetis SA’ is replaced by ‘Phibro Animal Health SA’;
(2) in the second column of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/148, the name ‘Zoetis SA’ is replaced by
‘Phibro Animal Health SA’.
Article 2
Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2094
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2094 is amended as follows:
(1) in the title, the name ‘Zoetis Belgium SA’ is replaced by ‘Phibro Animal Health SA’;
(2) in the second column of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2094, the name ‘Zoetis Belgium SA’ is
replaced by ‘Phibro Animal Health SA’.
Article 3
Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1172
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1172 is amended as follows:
(1) in the title, the name ‘Zoetis Belgium SA’ is replaced by ‘Phibro Animal Health S.A’.;
(2) in the second column of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1172, the name ‘Zoetis Belgium S.A.’ is
replaced by ‘Phibro Animal Health SA’.
Article 4
Transitional measure
The feed additives concerned, produced and labelled before the date of entry into force of this Regulation in accordance
with the rules applicable before that date, may continue to be placed on the market and used until stocks are exhausted.
2/3 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1419/ojEN
OJ L, 18.7.2025
Article 5
Entry into force
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, 17 July 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1419/oj 3/3