
Article 1 
Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 70/524/EEC is amended as follows: The additive lasalocid sodium, belonging to the group ‘Coccidiostats and other medical substances’, shall be deleted.
Article 2 
The additive Avatec 15 %, belonging to the group ‘Coccidiostats and other medical substances’, as set out 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 lasalocid sodium.
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, 16 August 2004.
For the Commission
David BYRNE
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


Registration number of additive Name and registration number of person responsible for putting additive into circulation Additive (Trade name) Composition, chemical formula, description Species or category of animal Maximum age Minimum content Maximum content Other provisions End of period of authorisation
mg of active substance/kg of complete feedingstuff
Coccidiostats and other medicinal substances
‘E 763 Alpharma (Belgium) BVBA Lasalocid A sodium 15 g/100 g(Avatec 15 % cc) Additive composition
 Lasalocid A sodium: 15 g/100 g
 Corn-cob meal: 80,95 g/100 g
 Lecithin: 2 g/100 g
 Soya oil: 2 g/100 g
 Ferric oxide: 0,05 g/100 gActive substance
 Lasalocid A sodium,
 C34H53O8Na,
 CAS number: 25999-20-6,
 sodium salt of 6-[(3R, 4S, 5S, 7R)-7-[(2S, 3S, 5S)-5-ethyl-5-[(2R, 5R, 6S)-5-ethyl-5-hydroxy-6-methyltetrahydro-2H-pyran2-yl]-tetrahydro-3-methyl-2-furyl]-4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethyl-6-oxononyl]-2,3-cresotic acid, produced by Streptomyces lasaliensis subsp. lasaliensis (ATCC 31180)
 Related impurities:
 Lasalocid sodium B-E: ≤10 % Chickens for fattening — 75 125 Use prohibited at least five days before slaughter.Indicate in the instructions for use:“Dangerous for equine species”“This feedingstuff contains an ionophore: simultaneous use with certain medicinal substances can be contraindicated” 20 August 2014
Chickens reared for laying 16 weeks 75 125 Use prohibited at least five days before slaughter.Indicate in the instructions for use:“Dangerous for equine species”“This feedingstuff contains an ionophore: simultaneous use with certain medicinal substances can be contraindicated” 20 August 2014’
