
Article 1 
The substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘amino acids, their salts and analogues’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 
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, 18 November 2014.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
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/kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12 %
Category of nutritional additives. Functional group: amino acids, their salts and analogues.
3c369 — L-valine 
L-valine minimum 98 % (on a dry matter basis).

L-valine ((2S)-2-amino-3-methylbutanoic acid) produced by fermentation with Corynebacterium glutamicum (DSM 25202).

Chemical formula: C5H11NO2

CAS number: 72-18-4

For the determination of L-valine in the feed additive: Food Chemical Codex ‘L-valine monograph’.

For the determination of valine in premixtures, compound feed and feed materials: ion exchange chromatography coupled with post-column derivatisation and spectrophotometric detection (HPLC/VIS) — Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009.
 All species —   
1. 

— moisture content.

2. For user safety: breathing protection, safety glasses and gloves should be worn during handling.

3. 

— name and identification number of the additive,
— added amount of the additive.
 9 December 2024
