Commission Regulation (EC) No 2697/2000 of 27 November 2000 concerning the provisional authorisations of additives in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance.)

• Published date: 16 December 2000
• Subject Matter: Animal feedingstuffs
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 319, 16 December 2000

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2697/2000 of 27 November 2000 concerning the provisional authorisations of additives in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance.)

Official Journal L 319 , 16/12/2000 P. 0001 - 0059

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2697/2000

of 27 November 2000

concerning the provisional authorisations of additives in feedingstuffs

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1887/2000(2) ("the Directive"), and in particular Articles 3, 9e and 9i thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Articles 9e(1) and 9i(1) of the Directive provide that a provisional authorisation of a new additive or a new use of an additive may be given for a specific period.

(2) Article 4 of Council Directive establishes the procedure for such authorisation.

(3) Article 9e(2) and (3) and Article 9i(1) of the Directive provide that the duration of the provisional authorisations may not exceed four or five years, depending on the date of the first provisional authorisation. When the latter was given before 1 April 1998, the duration of the provisional authorisation may not exceed five years. In the case of additives whose first provisional authorisations were given after 1 April 1998, the duration of the provisional authorisation may not exceed four years.

(4) The first provisional authorisation is given until 30 September of the current year or of the next year then may be extended each year for one year. During the last year of the provisional authorisation, the authorisation should only be extended to the fourth or fifth anniversary (as the case may be) of the initial provisional authorisation.

(5) The current provisional authorisations of many additives expire on 30 September, and it is appropriate to extend for one year, or until the fourth or fifth anniversary (as the case may be) of the initial provisional authorisation, the period of these authorisations so that the necessary data for an authorisation for 10 years or without a time limit (depending on the nature of the additive in question) can be provided.

(6) The extension of the period of authorisation of the provisional authorisations must be considered as a purely administrative...