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of the European Union L series
2026/1151 29.5.2026
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2026/1151
of 28 May 2026
concerning the renewal of the authorisation of inositol as a feed additive for food-producing finfish,
ornamental finfish, food-producing crustaceans and ornamental crustaceans and repealing
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1249/2014
(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 an authorisation.
(2) Inositol was authorised for a period of 10 years as a feed additive for fish and crustaceans by Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1249/2014(2).
(3) In accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the renewal of
the authorisation of inositol as a feed additive for food-producing finfish, ornamental finfish, food-producing
crustaceans and ornamental crustaceans, requesting the additive to be classified in the additive category ‘nutritional
additives’ and in the functional group ‘vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar
effect’. 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 16 September 2025(3) that the
applicant has provided evidence that inositol remains safe for food-producing finfish, ornamental finfish, food-
producing crustaceans and ornamental crustaceans as well as for consumers and the environment under the
conditions of use currently authorised. The Authority further stated that inositol is not irritant to skin and eyes and
is not a skin sensitiser. The Authority stated that the application for renewal of the authorisation does not include a
proposal for amending or supplementing the conditions of the original authorisation that would have an impact on
the efficacy of the additive. Therefore, it concluded that there is no need for assessing the efficacy of the additive in
the context of the renewal of the authorisation. The Authority considered that there is no need for specific
requirements of post-market monitoring.
(5) The Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 considered that the conclusions and
recommendations reached in the assessment carried out regarding the method of analysis of inositol as a feed
additive in the context of the previous authorisation are valid and applicable for the current application. In
accordance with Article 5(4), point (c), of Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005(4), an evaluation report of the
Reference Laboratory is therefore not required.
(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2003/1831/oj.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)No 1249/2014 of 21 November 2014 concerning the authorisation of inositol as a feed
additive for fish and crustaceans (OJ L 335, 22.11.2014, p. 7,ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2014/1249/oj).
(3) EFSA Journal2025;23:e9701, https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9701.
(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005 of 4 March 2005 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC)
No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the duties and tasks of the Community Reference
Laboratory concerning applications for authorisations of feed additive (OJ L 59, 5.3.2005, p. 8, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/
2005/378/oj).
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(6) In view of the above, the Commission considers that inositol satisfies the conditions provided for in Article 5 of
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Accordingly, the authorisation of that additive should be renewed.
(7) As a consequence of the renewal of the authorisation of inositol as a feed additive, Implementing Regulation (EU)
No 1249/2014 should be repealed.
(8) Since certain labelling conditions related to the storage conditions and stability have been modified and, in addition,
the reference to certain animal species, it is appropriate to provide for a transitional period for interested parties to
prepare themselves to meet the new requirements resulting from the renewal of the authorisation.
(9) 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
Renewal of the authorisation
The authorisation of the substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to
the functional group ‘vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect’, is renewed
subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2
Repeal
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1249/2014 is repealed.
Article 3
Transitional measures
1. The feed additive inositol as authorised by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1249/2014 and premixtures containing
that additive which are intended for fish and crustaceans, and which are produced and labelled before 18 December 2026
in accordance with the rules applicable before 18 June 2026 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 18 June 2027 in accordance with the rules applicable before 18 June 2026 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 18 June 2028 in accordance with the rules applicable before 18 June 2026 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.
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Article 4
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, 28 May 2026.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
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Minimum Maximum
content content
Identification Species or
Name of the Composition, chemical formula, End of period of
number of the category of Maximum age Other provisions
additive description, analytical method mg of active substance/kg of authorisation
additive animal
complete feed with a moisture
content of 12 %
Category: nutritional additives. Functional group: vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect
3a900 Inositol Additive composition Food- — — — 1. In the directions for use of 18 June 2036
Inositol producing the additive and
Solid form finfish premixtures, the storage
conditions and the
Characterisation of the active Ornament al stability to heat treatment
substance finfish shall be indicated.
Inositol Food-
Chemical formula: C H O producing
6 12 6
CAS No: 87-89-8 crustaceans
Inositol produced by chemical Ornamental
synthesis. crustaceans
Purity criteria: min. 97 %.
Solid form
Analytical method(1)
For identification of inositol in
the feed additive: Liquid
Chromatography and infrared
absorption spectrophotometry –
European Pharmacopoeia
monograph 1805.
For the quantification of inositol
in the feed additive, premixtures
and compound feed:
microbiological activity analysis
(1) Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/eurl-fa-eurl-feed-additives/eurl-fa-authorisation/eurl-fa-
evaluation-reports_en.
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