
Article 1 
The substance calcium hydroxide as specified in Annex I is approved as basic substance subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 
Part C of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2015.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 12 May 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX I

Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Specific provisions
Calcium HydroxideCAS No 1305-62-0 Calcium Hydroxide 920 g/kg
The following impurities are of toxicological concern and must not exceed the levels below (expressed in mg/kg on dry matter):


 Barium 300 mg/kg
 Fluoride 50 mg/kg
 Arsenic 3 mg/kg
 Lead 2 mg/kg.
 1 July 2015 Calcium hydroxide shall be used in accordance with the specific conditions included in the conclusions of the review report on Calcium Hydroxide (SANCO/10148/2015) and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 20 March 2015.

ANNEX II

In Part C of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, the following entry is added:

Number Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Specific provisions
‘4 Calcium HydroxideCAS No 1305-62-0 Calcium Hydroxide 920 g/kg
The following impurities are of toxicological concern and must not exceed the levels below (expressed in mg/kg on dry matter):


 Barium 300 mg/kg
 Fluoride 50 mg/kg
 Arsenic 3 mg/kg
 Lead 2 mg/kg.
 1 July 2015 Calcium hydroxide shall be used in accordance with the specific conditions included in the conclusions of the review report on Calcium Hydroxide (SANCO/10148/2015) and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 20 March 2015.’

