
Article 1 
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘preservatives’ is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 492/2006 and Annex III thereto are deleted.
Article 3 
Premixtures and compound feed labelled in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC before the entry into force of this Regulation and containing potassium diformate, as authorised by Regulation (EC) No 492/2006, may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
Article 4 
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, 19 April 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

Identification number of the additive Name of the holder of authorisation Additive Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method 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 with a moisture content of 12 %
Category of technological additives. Functional group: preservatives
1a237a — Potassium diformate 
 Additive composition
 Potassium diformate: 50 ± 5 %,
 Water: 50 ± 5 %.
 Characterisation of the active substance
Potassium diformate
CAS No 20642-05-1
C2H3O4K
Produced by chemical synthesis
 Method of Analysis
 Determination of potassium in the feed additive:
EN ISO 6869: atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) or EN 15510: inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES)
 Determination of total formate in the feed additive: EN 15909: reverse phase HPLC-UV
For the determination of total formate in premixtures and feedingstuffs:
Ion-exclusion high performance liquid chromatography with UV or refractive index detection (HPLC-UV/RI) or ion chromatography method equipped with electrical conductivity detection (IC-ECD). All animal species — — — 
1. Only permitted in raw fish and fish by-products for feed use with a maximum content of 9 000 mg potassium diformate as active substance per kg raw fish.

2. For use in feed for pigs, the mixture of different sources of potassium diformate shall not exceed the permitted maximum level in complete feedingstuff of 18 000 mg per kg complete feedingstuff for weaned piglets and 12 000 mg per kg complete feedingstuff for sows and pigs for fattening.

3. 
'The simultaneous use of other organic acids at the maximum permitted doses is contraindicated'.

4. 'For safety: breathing protection, eye protection and gloves shall be used during handling'.
 11 May 2022
