
Article 1 
Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 70/524/EEC shall be amended as follows: the additive decoquinate, belonging to the group ‘Coccidiostats and other medical substances’, shall be deleted.
Article 2 
The additive Deccox® belonging to the group ‘Coccidiostats and other medical substances’ listed in the Annex to the present Regulation is authorised for use in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 3 
A period of six months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation is permitted to use up the existing stocks of decoquinate.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 14 July 2004.
For the Commission
David BYRNE
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Registration number of additive Name and registration number of person responsible for putting the additive into circulation Additive(trade name) Composition, chemical formula, description Species or category of animal Maximum age Minimum content Maximum content Other provisions Period of authorisation
mg of active substance/kg of complete feedingstuff
Coccidiostats and other medicinal substances
‘E 756 Alpharma AS Decoquinate 60,6 g/kg (Deccox) 
Decoquinate: 60,6 g/kg

Refined deodorised soya oil: 28,5 g/kg

Wheat middling: q.s. 1 kg

Decoquinate

C24H35NO5

ethyl 6-decycloxy-7-ethoxy-4-hydroxyquinoline-3-carboxylate

CAS number: 18507-89-6

Related impurities:


 6-decyloxy-7-ethoxy-4-hydroxyquinoline-3-carboxylic acid: < 0,5 %
 Methyl-6-decyloxy-7-ethoxy-4-hydroxyquinoline-3-carboxylate: < 1,0 %
 Diethyl 4-decyloxy-3-ethoxyanilinomethylenemalonate: < 0,5 %
 Chickens for fattening — 20 40 Use prohibited at least three days before slaughter 17 July 2014’