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2026/96 16.1.2026
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2026/96
of 15 January 2026
concerning the authorisation of celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolensL. and caraway
essential oil from Carum carviL. as feed additives for certain animal species
(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) and Article 10(5) 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 such authorisation. Article 10(2) of that Regulation provides for the
re-evaluation of additives authorised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC(2).
(2) The substances celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolensL. and caraway essential oil from Carum carviL. were
authorised without a time limit in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC as feed additives for all animal species.
These substances were subsequently entered in the Register of Feed Additives as existing products, in accordance
with Article 10(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(3) In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction with Article 7 thereof, an
application was submitted for the authorisation of celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolens L. and caraway
essential oil from Carum carviL. as feed additives for all animal species, requesting the additives to be classified in the
additive category ‘sensory additives’ and in the functional group ‘flavouring compounds’. The application was
accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(4) The applicant requested the additives to be authorised for use also in water for drinking. However, Regulation (EC)
No 1831/2003 does not allow the authorisation of ‘flavouring compounds’ for use in water for drinking. Therefore,
the use of these additives in water for drinking should not be allowed.
(5) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinions of 27 June 2024(3)(4)that celery seed
essential oil from Apium graveolensL. and caraway essential oil from Carum carviL. are of no concern up to certain
maximum concentrations further specified for individual species. However, no conclusions could be drawn for cats,
ornamental fish and other species. Furthermore, it concluded that celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolensL. is
safe for consumers and it is not expected to pose a risk to the environment at the proposed use levels in feed. The
Authority also found that caraway essential oil from Carum carviL. is safe for the consumers and the environment at
the proposed use levels in feed. It further concluded that celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolens L. and
caraway essential oil from Carum carvi L. should be considered as irritants to skin and eyes, and as dermal and
respiratory sensitisers. Furthermore, the Authority concluded that since celery seed essential oil from Apium
graveolens L. and caraway essential oil from Carum carviL. are recognised to flavour food and their function in feed
would be essentially the same as that in food, no further demonstration of efficacy is considered necessary. It also
verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additives in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set
up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2003/1831/oj.
(2) Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1, ELI: http://
data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1970/524/oj).
(3) EFSA Journal, 22(7), e8907. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8907.
(4) EFSA Journal, 22(7), e8906. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8906.
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(6) Subsequently, the applicant withdrew the application for authorisation of celery seed essential oil from Apium
graveolens L. and caraway essential oil from Carum carvi L. for all animal species and categories except turkeys for
fattening, chickens for fattening and minor poultry for fattening, all poultry reared for laying or breeding,
ornamental birds, all poultry for laying or breeding, pigs for fattening, pigs for fattening of minor Suidae, piglets
(suckling and weaned) of all Suidae, all Suidae for reproduction, calves for fattening, sheep and goats, cattle for
fattening, other ruminants for fattening and all other ruminants, Camelidae for fattening and all other Camelidae,
Equidae, Leporidae, salmonids, minor finfish and dogs.
(7) In view of the above, the Commission considers that celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolensL. and caraway
essential oil from Carum carviL. satisfy the conditions provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 as
regards turkeys for fattening, chickens for fattening and minor poultry for fattening, all poultry reared for laying or
breeding, ornamental birds, all poultry for laying or breeding, pigs for fattening, pigs for fattening of minor Suidae,
piglets (suckling and weaned) of all Suidae, all Suidaefor reproduction, calves for fattening, sheep and goats, cattle for
fattening, other ruminants for fattening and all other ruminants, Camelidae for fattening and all other Camelidae,
Equidae, Leporidae, salmonids, minor finfish and dogs. Accordingly, the use of these additives should be authorised as
specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
(8) For celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolensL., the Commission considers that the presence of substances of
concern, perillaldehyde and furocoumarins, requires the setting of maximum content for the additive in complete
feed and that a mixture of celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolens L. with other botanical additives is
permitted provided that the levels of perillaldehyde and furocoumarins in feed materials and compound feed remain
below those that would result from the use of a single additive at the maximum or recommended content for the
relevant species or animal category. For caraway essential oil from Carum carviL., the Commission considers that the
presence of the substance of concern perillaldehyde requires the setting of maximum content for the additive in
complete feed and that a mixture of caraway essential oil from Carum carvi L. with other botanical additives is
permitted provided that the levels of perillaldehyde in feed materials and compound feed are below those what
would result from the use of a single additive at the maximum or recommended content for the relevant species or
animal category. In addition, the Commission considers that appropriate protective measures should be taken to
prevent adverse effects on the health of the users of the additive.
(9) According to Article 10(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, the Commission is to adopt a Regulation requiring the
withdrawal from the market of feed additives for which no applications were submitted before the deadline laid down
in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Similarly, a Regulation should be adopted concerning feed
additives for which an application was submitted but subsequently withdrawn.
(10) In the case of feed additives for which an application has been withdrawn for certain animal species or categories, the
withdrawal from the market should only concern those animal species or categories.
(11) Therefore, celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolensL. and caraway essential oil from Carum carviL. should be
withdrawn from the market as regards the animal species and categories which are not the subject of the
authorisation granted by this Regulation.
(12) Since safety reasons do not require the immediate application of the modifications to the conditions of authorisation
of the substances concerned, it is appropriate to provide for a transitional period for interested parties to prepare
themselves to meet the new requirements resulting from the authorisation.
(13) In addition, in so far as feed additives are withdrawn from the market, it is also appropriate to allow for a transitional
period within which existing stocks of the additives, premixtures, feed materials and compound feed which have been
produced with these additives, may be used up also in respect of the animal species and categories of animals which
are not covered by the authorisation granted by this Regulation, in order to allow interested parties to adapt to the
obligation to withdraw those products from the market.
(14) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Authorisation
The substances specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and to the functional group
‘flavouring compounds’, are authorised as additives in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2
Withdrawal from the market
The feed additives celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolens L. and caraway essential oil from Carum carvi 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.
Article 3
Transitional measures related to the authorisation
1. The feed additives celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolensL. and caraway essential oil from Carum carviL., as
authorised pursuant to Directive 70/524/EEC and premixtures containing these additives, which are intended for turkeys
for fattening, chickens for fattening and minor poultry for fattening, all poultry reared for laying or breeding, ornamental
birds, all poultry for laying or breeding, pigs for fattening, pigs for fattening of minor Suidae, piglets (suckling and weaned)
of all Suidae, all Suidae for reproduction, calves for fattening, sheep and goats, cattle for fattening, other ruminants for
fattening and all other ruminants, Camelidae for fattening and all other Camelidae, Equidae, Leporidae, salmonids, minor
finfish, dogs and which are produced and labelled before 5 August 2026 in accordance with the rules applicable before
5 February 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 additives referred to in paragraph 1, which are produced and
labelled before 5 February 2027 in accordance with the rules applicable before 5 February 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 additives referred to in paragraph 1, which are produced and
labelled before 5 February 2028 in accordance with the rules applicable before 5 February 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.
Article 4
Transitional measures related to the withdrawal from the market
1. Existing stocks of the feed additives celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolensL. and caraway essential oil from
Carum carviL. 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 5 February 2027.
2. Premixtures produced with the feed additives 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 5 May 2027.
3. Compound feed and feed materials produced with the feed additives 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 5 February 2028.
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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, 15 January 2026.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
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Minimum Maximum
Identification content content
End of period
number of Name of the Composition, chemical formula, description, Species or category Maximum
Other provisions of
the feed additive analytical method of animal age mg of additive/kg of
authorisation
additive complete feed with a
moisture content of 12 %
Category: Sensory additives. Functional group: Flavouring compounds
2b52-eo Celery seed Additive composition Turkeys for 1. The additive shall be 5 February
- - 2,1
essential oil fattening incorporated into the feed in 2036
Essential oil from the fruit of Apium
the form of a premixture.
graveolensL. Chickens for
fattening and
Liquid form - - 1,6
minor poultry 2. In the directions for use of the
Characterisation of active substance for fattening additive and premixtures, the
storage conditions and
Celery seed essential oil: All poultry
stability to heat treatment
reared for laying - - 1,6
Essential oil, as defined by the Council shall be indicated.
or breeding
of Europe (CoE)(1), obtained from the
fruit of Apium graveolensL.by steam
Ornamental
distillation and further condensation of - - 1,6 3. Mixture of celery seed
birds
volatile constituents and separation essential oil with other
from the aqueous phase by decantation. All poultry for botanical additives is
laying or 2,3 permitted provided that the
CAS number: 8015-90-5
breeding levels of perillaldehyde and
Einecs number: 289-668-4
furocoumarins in feed
FEMA number: 2271 Pigs for fattening - - 3,3
materials and compound
CoE number: 52
feed are lower than the ones
Pigs for fattening - -
2,8 resulting from the use of a
of minor Suidae
single additive at the
Piglets (suckling maximum or recommended
and weaned) of - - 2,8 level for the relevant species
all Suidae or animal category.
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Other provisions of
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additive complete feed with a
moisture content of 12 %
Specifications: All Suidaefor 4. For users of the additive and
- - 4,1
d-Limonene: 35-79 % reproduction premixtures, feed business
β-Selinene: 5-20 % operators shall establish
Calves for
Senkyunolide A: 1,5-22 % 6 months - 6,5 operational procedures and
fattening
β-Pinene (pin-2(10)-ene): 0,3-2 % organisational measures to
Perillaldehyde: ≤ 0,025 % address potential risks
Sheep and goats - - 6,2
Furocoumarins: resulting from their use.
— Bergapten: ≤ 0,001 % Cattle for Where those risks cannot be
— Psoralen: < 0,00025 % fattening; other eliminated by such
— Xanthoxin: < 0,00025 % ruminants for procedures and measures,
— Isopimpinellin: < 0,00025 % fattening except the additive and premixtures
— Isoimperatorin: < 0,0005 % sheep, goats and shall be used with personal
- - 6,2
calves for skin, eye and breathing
Analytical method(2)
fattening up to 6 protective equipment.
For the determination of limonene
months;
(phytochemical marker) in the feed
Camelidaefor
additive:
fattening
— gas chromatography coupled to
flame ionisation detection (GC-FID) All other
(ISO 3760) ruminants; all - - 4
other Camelidae
Equidae - - 6,2
Leporidae - - 2,5
Salmonids and
- - 6,8
minor finfish
Dogs - - 7,2
(1) Natural sources of flavourings – Report No 2 (2007).
(2) 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-
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moisture content of 12 %
Category: Sensory additives. Functional group: Flavouring compounds
2b112-eo Caraway Additive composition Turkeys for 1. The additive shall be 5 February
- - 12
essential oil fattening incorporated into the feed in 2036
Essential oil from the fruit of Carum
the form of a premixture.
carviL.
Liquid form Chickens for 2. In the directions for use of the
fattening and additive and premixtures, the
Characterisation of active substance - - 9
minor poultry storage conditions and
Caraway essential oil: for fattening stability to heat treatment
shall be indicated.
Essential oil, as defined by the Council
of Europe(1), obtained from the dried, All poultry 3. Mixture of caraway essential
ripe fruit of Carum carviL.by steam reared for laying - - 9 oil with other botanical
distillation and further condensation of or breeding additives is permitted
volatile constituents and separation provided that the levels of
from the aqueous phase by decantation. perillaldehyde in feed
Ornamental materials and compound
CAS number: 8000-42-8 - - 9
birds feed are lower than the ones
Einecs number: 288-921-6
resulting from the use of a
FEMA number: 2238
single additive at the
CoE number: 112
All poultry for maximum or recommended
Specifications: laying or - - 13 level for the relevant species
— d-Carvone: 45-65 % breeding or animal category.
— d-Limonene: 30-50 %
Pigs for fattening - - 19
Pigs for fattening - -
16
of minor Suidae
Piglets (suckling
and weaned) of - - 16
all Suidae
All Suidaefor
- - 24
reproduction
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additive complete feed with a
moisture content of 12 %
— Perillaldehyde: ≤ 0,5 % Calves for 4. For users of the additive and
6 months - 35
fattening premixtures, feed business
Analytical method(2)
operators shall establish
For the determination of limonene and Sheep and goats - - 10
operational procedures and
carvone (phytochemical markers) in the
organisational measures to
feed additive: Cattle for
address potential risks
— gas chromatography coupled to fattening, other
resulting from their use.
flame ionisation detection (GC-FID) ruminants for
Where those risks cannot be
(European Pharmacopoeia fattening except
eliminated by such
monograph 1817) sheep, goats and - - 11 procedures and measures,
calves for
the additive and premixtures
fattening up to 6
shall be used with personal
months;
skin, eye and breathing
Camelidaefor
protective equipment.
fattening
All other
ruminants; all - - 10
other Camelidae
Equidae - - 10
Leporidae - - 10
Salmonids and
- - 25
minor finfish
Dogs - - 25
(1) Natural sources of flavourings – Report No 2 (2007).
(2) 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-
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