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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 291/2014 of 21 March 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1289/2004 as regards the withdrawal time and maximum residues limits of the feed additive decoquinate Text with EEA relevance

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 291/2014of 21 March 2014amending Regulation (EC) No 1289/2004 as regards the withdrawal time and maximum residues limits of the feed additive decoquinate(Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutritionOJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29., and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,Whereas:(1)Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the possibility to modify the authorisation of a feed additive further to a request from the holder of the authorisation and an opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (the Authority).(2)The use of decoquinate belonging to the group of coccidiostats and other medicinal substances was authorised for 10 years in accordance with Council Directive 70/524/EECDirective 70/524/EEC of the Council of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1). as a feed additive for the use on chickens for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1289/2004Commission Regulation (EC) No 1289/2004 of 14 July 2004 concerning the authorisation for 10 years of the additive Deccox in feedingstuffs, belonging to the group of coccidiostats and other medicinal substances (OJ L 243, 15.7.2004, p. 15)..(3)The holder of the authorisation submitted an application requesting a reduction in the authorised withdrawal time from three days to zero days before slaughter and the introduction of maximum residues limits (MRLs) for liver (1,0 mg/kg), kidney (0,8 mg/kg), muscle (0,5 mg/kg) and skin/fat (1,0 mg/kg) from animals fed with the additive. The holder of the authorisation submitted the relevant data to support its request.(4)The Authority concluded in its opinion of 12 September 2013EFSA Journal 2013; 11(10):3370. that the modification from three days to zero days of withdrawal time does not compromise consumer safety and the new data submitted confirm that no MRLs are necessary.(5)However, for the purpose of the feasibility of controls, it was considered appropriate to established MRLs as proposed by the applicant.(6)The conditions provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 are satisfied.(7)Regulation (EC) No 1289/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.(8)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1289/2004 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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.Done at Brussels, 21 March 2014.For the CommissionThe PresidentJosé Manuel BarrosoANNEXThe Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1289/2004 is replaced as follows:"ANNEX

Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: http://irmm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/EURLs/EURL_feed_additives/Pages/index.aspx"Coccidiostats and other medicinal substances

Registration number of additive	Name and registration number of person responsible for putting the additive into circulation	Additive (Trade name)	Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method	Species or category of animal	Maximum age	Minimum content	Maximum content	Other provisions	End of period of authorisation	Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) in the relevant foodstuffs of animal origin
Registration number of additive		Additive (Trade name)		Species or category of animal	Maximum age	mg of active substance/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %		Other provisions	End of period of authorisation
E756	Zoetis Belgium SA	Decoquinate (Deccox)	Additive compositionDecoquinate: 60,6 g/kgRefined deodorised soya oil: 28,5 g/kgWheat middling: q.s. 1 kgActive substanceDecoquinateC24H35NO5Ethyl-6-decycloxy-7-ethoxy-4-hydroxyquinoline-3-carboxylateCAS number: 18507-89-6Related impurities:6-decycloxy-7-ethoxy-4-hydroxyquinoline-3-carboxylic acid: < 0,5 %Methyl-6-decycloxy-7-ethoxy-4-hydroxyquinoline-3-carboxylate: < 1,0 %Diethyl-4-decycloxy-3-ethoxyanilinomethylenemalonate: < 0,5 %Analytical methodFor the determination of decoquinate in feed additive, premixtures and feedingstuffs:Reversed-Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography with fluorescence detection (RP-HPLC-FL) — EN 16162For the determination of decoquinate in tissues:Reversed-Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography coupled to a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (RP-HPLC-MS/MS)	Chickens for fattening		20	40	—	17 July 2014	1000 μg of decoquinate/kg of wet liver and wet skin+fat;800 μg of decoquinate/kg of wet kidney;500 μg of decoquinate/kg wet muscle.