Article 1Authorisation

The substances specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and to the functional group ‘flavouring compounds’, are authorised as feed additives in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2Denial

The authorisation of 1-phenylethan-1-ol, as additive belonging to the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and to the functional group ‘flavouring compounds’ is denied.

Article 3Transitional measures

1.Vanillyl acetone, 4-(4-methoxyphenyl) butan-2-one and 1-phenylethan-1-ol and premixtures containing those substances, which are produced and labelled before 15 September 2018 in accordance with the rules applicable before 15 March 2018 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

2.Feed materials and compound feed containing vanillyl acetone, 4-(4-methoxyphenyl) butan-2-one and 1-phenylethan-1-ol which are produced and labelled before 15 March 2019 in accordance with the rules applicable before 15 March 2018 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for food-producing animals.

3.Feed materials and compound feed containing vanillyl acetone, 4-(4-methoxyphenyl) butan-2-one and 1-phenylethan-1-ol which are produced and labelled before 15 March 2020 in accordance with the rules applicable before 15 March 2018 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for non-food-producing animals.

Article 4Entry into force

This 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, 15 February 2018.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker