(1)

The feed additives sunflower absolute, sunflower oil and sunflower tincture from Helianthus annuus L. were required to be withdrawn from the market for all animal species by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 230/2013 (2).

(2)

However, sunflower absolute, sunflower oil and sunflower tincture from Helianthus annuus L. were erroneously included in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1173 (3), which also required the withdrawal from the market of those additives for all animal species.

(3)

The erroneous inclusion may have given rise to confusion for feed business operators as regards the actual regulatory status of the feed additives concerned, creating legal uncertainty as to their authorised presence on the market before the entry into force of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1173.

(4)

For the sake of clarity and legal certainty, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1173 should therefore be corrected by deleting the entry concerning those additives in the Annex to that Implementing Regulation. In order to prevent any market disturbance resulting from the erroneous inclusion and to restore legal certainty, the correction to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1173 should enter into force as a matter of urgency.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,