17.2.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 41/8

(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 of that Regulation provides for the re-evaluation of additives authorised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC (2).

(2)

Quinoline Yellow was authorised without a time limit in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC as a feed additive for non food-producing animals and for food-producing animals as regards certain processed feedingstuffs as part of the group ‘Colourants’. This substance was subsequently entered in the Register of feed additives established in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 as an existing product, in accordance with Article 10(1) 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 re-evaluation of Quinoline Yellow as a feed additive for non food-producing animals and, in accordance with Article 7 of that Regulation, the applicant requested that additive to be classified in the additive category ‘sensory additives’. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(4)

The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 10 July 2013 that, under the proposed conditions of use in feed, Quinoline Yellow does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment. Considering the evidence provided by the applicant, the Authority also concluded that the efficacy of Quinoline yellow with respect to the dose and the nature of the feedingstuffs and their processing cannot be assessed. However, the Authority also stated that for this additive, which is authorised in food, where the function for feed is the same as that for food, no further demonstration of efficacy might be necessary. As the recommended maximum level proposed by the Authority for this additive is similar to the levels authorised for food in different types of products, the Commission considered that there is sufficient evidence of the efficacy of this substance. 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 additives in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(5)

The assessment of Quinoline Yellow 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 substance should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.

(6)

Since safety reasons do not require the immediate application of the modifications to the conditions of authorisation, it is appropriate to allow a transitional period for interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements resulting from the authorisation.

(7)

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