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27.3.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union
L
89/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 269/2012
of 26 March 2012
concerning the authorisation of dicopper chloride trihydroxide as feed additive for all animal
species
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
may be considered as an effective source of copper for all
animal species. The Authority does not consider that
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
there is a need for specific requirements of post-market
Union,
monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of
analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the
Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No
European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September
1831/2003.
2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition ( 1 ), and in
particular Article 9(2) thereof,
(5) The
assessment
of
dicopper
chloride
trihydroxide
shows
Whereas:
that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in

Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied.
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
1831/2003
provides
for
the
auth
Accordingly, the use of this preparation should be auth
orisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and
orised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
for the grounds and procedures for granting such auth
orisation.
(6) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
(2) In
accordance
with
Article
7
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
1831/2003, an application was submitted for the auth
orisation of dicopper chloride trihydroxide. That appli
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
cation was accompanied by the particulars and
documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation
Article 1
(EC) No 1831/2003.
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the
(3) The
application
concerns
the
authorisation
of
dicopper additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional
chloride trihydroxide as a feed additive for all animal
group ‘compounds of trace elements’, is authorised as an
species, to be classified in the additive category ‘nutri
additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid
tional additives’.
down in that Annex.
(4) The
European
Food
Safety
Authority
(‘the
Authority’)
Article 2
concluded in its opinion of 6 September 2011 ( 2 ) that,
under the proposed conditions of use, dicopper chloride
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
trihydroxide does not have an adverse effect on animal
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
health, human health or the environment and that its use
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 March 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.
( 2 ) EFSA Journal 2011; 9(9):2355.

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L 89/4
ANNEX
Minimum
content
Maximum content
Identification Name of the
Species or
number of
holder of
Additive
Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical
category of
Maximum
Other provisions
End of period of
the additive authorisation
method
animal
age
Content of element (Cu) in mg/kg of
authorisation
complete feedingstuff with a moisture
EN
content of 12 %

Category of nutritional additives. Functional group: compounds of trace elements
3b409
— Dicopper Characterisation of the additive:
All animal
—
— Bovine
1. The additive shall be incor
16 April
chloride
species
porated into feed in the
2022
trihydroxide
Chemical formula: Cu
— Bovine before

2(OH) 3Cl
form of a premixture.
the start of
CAS Number: 1332-65-6
rumination:
2. For user safety: breathing
crystal form atacamite/paratacamite in a 1:1 to
15 (total)
protection, safety glasses
1:1,5 ratio
and gloves should be
— Other bovine:
worn during handling.
Off
Purity: min. 90 %
35 (total)
icial
3. The following words shall
alpha-crystal: min. 95 % in the crystalline product
Ovine: 15 (total)
be included in the labelling:
Jour
Cu content: min. 53 %
Piglets up to
— For feed for sheep if
12 weeks:
nal
the level of copper in
Particles < 50 μm: below 1 %
170 (total)
the feed exceeds
of
the
Crustaceans:
10 mg/kg:
Analytical method (1 ):
50 (total)
‘The level of copper in
European
For the identification of dicopper chloride trihy
Other animals:
this feed may cause
droxide atacamite/paratacamite crystal forms in
25 (total)
poisoning in certain
the additive: X-ray diffraction (XRD).
breeds of sheep.’
Union
For the determination of total copper in the
— For feed for bovines
additive and premixtures:
after the start of rumi
nation if the level of
— EN 15510: Inductively Coupled Plasma —
copper in the feed is
Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES), or
less than 20 mg/kg:
— CEN/TS 15621: Inductively Coupled Plasma –
‘The level of copper in
Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) after
this feed may cause
pressure digestion.
copper deficiencies in
For the determination of total copper in feed
cattle grazing pastures
materials and compound feed:
with high contents
of molybdenum or
— Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), or
sulphur.’
— EN 15510, or
— CEN/TS 15621.
(1 ) 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
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