(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.

(2)

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of a preparation of carvacrol, thymol, D-carvone, methyl salicylate and L-menthol. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(3)

The application concerns the authorisation of a preparation of carvacrol, thymol, D-carvone, methyl salicylate and L-menthol as a feed additive for all poultry species, to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and in the functional group ‘other zootechnical additives’. As the preparation was already authorised for the same holder of authorisation by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/996 (2) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, chickens reared for laying and minor poultry species reared for laying, the request for authorisation in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 is considered only for the species not covered by the previous authorisation.

(4)

The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 29 June 2022 (3) that, under the proposed conditions of use, the preparation of carvacrol, thymol, D-carvone, methyl salicylate and L-menthol does not have an adverse effect on consumer safety or the environment and that the aforementioned preparation is safe for poultry species for fattening or reared for laying or breeding. In the absence of adequate data, it could not conclude on the safety of the said preparation for laying or breeding birds. The Authority also concluded that an exposure of users by inhalation is unlikely and that the conclusions of the previous opinion regarding the safety for the users apply also to the present assessment. In the context of the previous opinion on this additive, adopted on 15 May 2019 (4), the safety data sheet required by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) described skin irritation, eye irritation and allergic skin reaction. In addition, the Authority concluded that the additive has the potential to be efficacious in chickens for fattening. This conclusion could be extrapolated to turkeys for fattening, turkeys reared for breeding, minor poultry species for fattening and minor poultry species reared for breeding. In the absence of sufficient data, it could not conclude on the efficacy for laying hens or for other poultry species for laying or breeding. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(5)

The assessment of the preparation of carvacrol, thymol, D-carvone, methyl salicylate and L-menthol shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that preparation should be authorised for turkeys for fattening, turkeys reared for breeding, minor poultry species for fattening and minor poultry species reared for breeding. The Commission considers that appropriate protective measures should be taken to prevent adverse effects on human health, in particular as regards the users of that additive.

(6)

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