(1)

The Commission received in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 an application to add the particular nutritional purpose ‘stabilisation of water and electrolyte balance to support the physiological digestion’ and to add to the particular nutritional purpose ‘support of renal function in case of chronic renal insufficiency’ adult dogs as target species to the list of intended uses of feed intended for particular nutritional purposes in Part B of Annex I to Commission Directive 2008/38/EC (2).

(2)

Furthermore, the Commission received in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 applications to change the conditions associated with the particular nutritional purposes ‘support of heart function in the case of chronic cardiac insufficiency’ and ‘support of renal function in case of chronic renal insufficiency’ as regards ‘cats and dogs’ and ‘reduction of copper in the liver’.

(3)

The Commission made all applications, including the dossiers, available to the Member States.

(4)

After assessing the dossiers included in those applications, the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (the Committee) acknowledged that the specific composition of the feeds concerned fulfils the respective particular intended nutritional purposes and that it has no adverse effects on animal health, human health, the environment or animal welfare. The applications are therefore valid.

(5)

As a result of the assessment of the Committee, the particular nutritional purposes ‘stabilisation of water and electrolyte balance to support the physiological digestion’ and ‘support of renal function in case of chronic renal insufficiency’ for adult dogs should be added to the list of intended uses and the conditions associated with the particular nutritional purposes ‘support of heart function in the case of chronic cardiac insufficiency’ and ‘support of renal function in case of chronic renal insufficiency’ as regards ‘cats and dogs’ and ‘reduction of copper in the liver’ should be changed. As a consequence of the new entry ‘stabilisation of water and electrolyte balance to support the physiological digestion’, the particular nutritional purpose ‘stabilisation of water and electrolyte balance’ is no longer necessary and should be deleted.

(6)

In order to ensure compliance with the maximum contents for certain nutrients established as ‘essential nutritional characteristics’ of some particular nutritional purposes, the requirement to place the respective dietetic feed as complete feed on the market should be foreseen. This provision would also ensure the safe use of the feed concerned.

(7)

Annex I to Directive 2008/38/EC as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 5/2014 (3) established the incorporation of feed additives of the functional group ‘Gut flora stabiliser’ as referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) into certain feed for particular nutritional purposes. However, feed additives currently registered in the group ‘micro-organisms’ and being in the re-authorisation procedure as referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 could be similarly incorporated into those feeds for particular nutritional purposes. Consequently, the existing feed additives of the group ‘micro-organisms’ should, pending their re-authorisation, be also covered by Annex I to Directive 2008/38/EC.

(8)

Directive 2008/38/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(9)

Since safety reasons do not require the immediate application of the modifications for the feed currently legally placed on the market, it is appropriate to allow a transitional period for interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements.

(10)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee and neither the European Parliament nor the Council has opposed them,