Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (Text with EEA relevance)
Modified by
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005of 4 March 2005on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the duties and tasks of the Community Reference Laboratory concerning applications for authorisations of feed additives(Text with EEA relevance), 32005R0378, March 5, 2005
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2009of 12 May 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the establishment of a new functional group of feed additives(Text with EEA relevance), 32009R0386, May 13, 2009
  • Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 18 June 2009adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutinyAdaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Four, 32009R0596, July 18, 2009
  • Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 13 July 2009on the placing on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32009R0767, September 1, 2009
  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/327of 2 March 2015amending Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards requirements for the placing on the market and conditions of use of additives consisting of preparations(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0327, March 3, 2015
  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2294of 9 December 2015amending Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the establishment of a new functional group of feed additives(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R2294, December 10, 2015
  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/962of 12 June 2019amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the establishment of two new functional groups of feed additives(Text with EEA relevance), 32019R0962, June 13, 2019
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 22 September 2003on additives for use in animal nutrition(Text with EEA relevance) CHAPTER ISCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1Scope1.The purpose of this Regulation is to establish a Community procedure for authorising the placing on the market and use of feed additives and to lay down rules for the supervision and labelling of feed additives and premixtures in order to provide the basis for the assurance of a high level of protection of human health, animal health and welfare, environment and users' and consumers' interests in relation to feed additives, whilst ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market.2.This Regulation shall not apply to:(a)processing aids;(b)veterinary medicinal products as defined in Directive 2001/82/ECOJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1., with the exception of coccidiostats and histomonostats used as feed additives.
Article 2Definitions1.For the purpose of this Regulation, the definitions of "feed", "feedingstuff", "feed business", "feed business operator", "placing on the market" and "traceability" laid down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 shall apply.2.The following definitions shall also apply:(a)"feed additives" means substances, micro-organisms or preparations, other than feed material and premixtures, which are intentionally added to feed or water in order to perform, in particular, one or more of the functions mentioned in Article 5(3);(b)"feed materials" means products as defined in Article 2(a) of Council Directive 96/25/EC of 29 April 1996 on the circulation of feed materialsOJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 35. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).;(c)"compound feedingstuffs" means products as defined in Article 2(b) of Directive 79/373/EEC;(d)"complementary feedingstuffs" means products as defined in Article 2(e) of Directive 79/373/EEC;(e)"premixtures" means mixtures of feed additives or mixtures of one or more feed additives with feed materials or water used as carriers, not intended for direct feeding to animals;(f)"daily ration" means the average total quantity of feedingstuffs, calculated on a moisture content of 12 %, required daily by an animal of a given species, age category and yield, to satisfy all its needs;(g)"complete feedingstuffs" means products as defined in Article 2(c) of Council Directive 1999/29/EC of 22 April 1999 on the undesirable substances and products in animal nutritionOJ L 115, 4.5.1999, p. 32. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003.;(h)"processing aids" means any substance not consumed as a feedingstuff by itself, intentionally used in the processing of feedingstuffs or feed materials to fulfil a technological purpose during treatment or processing which may result in the unintentional but technologically unavoidable presence of residues of the substance or its derivatives in the final product, provided that these residues do not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment and do not have any technological effects on the finished feed;(i)"antimicrobials" means substances produced either synthetically or naturally, used to kill or inhibit the growth of micro-organisms, including bacteria, viruses or fungi, or of parasites, in particular protozoa;(j)"antibiotic" means antimicrobials produced by, or derived from, a micro-organism, which destroys or inhibits the growth of other micro-organisms;(k)"coccidiostats" and "histomonostats" means substances intended to kill or inhibit protozoa;(l)"maximum residue limit" means the maximum concentration of residue resulting from the use of an additive in animal nutrition which may be accepted by the Community as being legally permitted or recognised as acceptable in or on a food;(m)"micro-organism" means: colony-forming micro-organisms.(n)"first placing on the market" means the initial placing on the market of an additive after its manufacture, the import of an additive, or, where an additive has been incorporated into feed without being placed on the market, the first placing on the market of that feed.3.Where necessary, it may be determined, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2), whether a substance, micro-organism or preparation is a feed additive within the scope of this Regulation.
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