The substances specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘compounds of trace elements’, are authorised as feed additives in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
1.Sodium selenite and premixtures containing that substance, which are produced and labelled before 3 August 2019 in accordance with the rules applicable before 3 February 2019 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
2.Feed materials and compound feed containing sodium selenite which are produced and labelled before 3 February 2020 in accordance with the rules applicable before 3 February 2019 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 sodium selenite which are produced and labelled before 3 February 2021 in accordance with the rules applicable before 3 February 2019 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.
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, 4 January 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude Juncker