Commission Regulation (EU) No 26/2011 of 14 January 2011 concerning the authorisation of vitamin E as a feed additive for all animal species Text with EEA relevance
Modified by
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1747of 30 September 2015correcting the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 26/2011 concerning the authorisation of vitamin E as a feed additive for all animal species(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R1747, October 1, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/341of 15 February 2023concerning the renewal of the authorisation of vitamin E as a feed additive for all animal species and repealing Regulation (EU) No 26/2011(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R0341, February 16, 2023
Commission Regulation (EU) No 26/2011of 14 January 2011concerning the authorisation of vitamin E as a feed additive for all animal species(Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1The preparations specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category "nutritional additives" are authorised as additives in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2Feed containing vitamin E labelled in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC or Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 may continue to be placed on the market and used until stocks are exhausted.
Article 3This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.ANNEX
OJ L 54, 26.2.2009, p. 1.Nutritional additives: Vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect
Identification number of the additiveAdditiveChemical formula, description, methods of analysisSpecies or category of animalMaximum ageMinimum contentMaximum contentOther provisionsEnd of period of authorisation
3a700"Vitamin E" or "all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate"Active substanceall-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate: C31H52O3CAS No 7695-91-2Purity criteria: all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate > 93 %Methods of analysis1.For the determination of vitamin E (oil form) in feed additives: European Pharmacopoeia EP-0439.2.For the determination of vitamin E (powder form) in feed additives: European Pharmacopoeia EP-0691.3.For the determination of the level of authorised vitamin E in feed: Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009.All animal species———1.If vitamin E content is mentioned in the labelling, the following equivalencies for the units of measurement of the contents shall be used:1 mg all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate = 1 IU1 mg RRR-alpha-tocopherol = 1,49 IU1 mg RRR-alpha-tocopheryl acetate = 1,36 IU2.Vitamin E may be used also via water for drinking.3.Vitamin E may be placed on the market and used as an additive consisting of a preparation.4 February 2021
"Vitamin E" or "RRR alpha tocopheryl acetate"Active substanceRRR alpha tocopheryl acetate: C31H52O3CAS No 58-95-7Purity criteria: RRR-alpha-tocopheryl acetate > 40 %Methods of analysis1.For the determination of vitamin E (oil form) in feed additives: European Pharmacopoeia EP-1257.2.For the determination of vitamin E (powder form) in feed additives: European Pharmacopoeia EP-1801.3.For the determination of the level of authorised vitamin E in feed: Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009.
"Vitamin E" or "RRR alpha tocopherol"Active substanceRRR alpha tocopherol: C29H50O2CAS No 59-02-9Purity criteria: RRR-alpha-tocopherol > 67 %Methods of analysis1.For the determination of vitamin E (oil form) in feed additives: European Pharmacopoeia EP-1256.2.For the determination of vitamin E (powder form) in feed additives: European Pharmacopoeia EP-1801.3.For the determination of the level of authorised vitamin E in feed: Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009.
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