
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, 17 June 2016.
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.
3c361 — L-arginine 
Powder with a minimum content of L-arginine of 98 % (on a dry matter basis) and a maximum moisture content of 10 %

L-arginine ((S)-2-amino-5-guanidinopentanoic acid) produced by fermentation with Corynebacterium glutamicum KCTC 10423BP

Chemical formula: C6H14N4O2

CAS number: 74-79-3

For the characterisation of L-arginine in the feed additive:


— Food Chemical Codex ‘L-arginine monograph’.

For the quantification of arginine in the feed additive:


— ion exchange chromatography coupled with post-column derivatisation and photometric detection (IEC-VIS).

For the quantification of arginine in premixtures, feed materials and compound feed:


— ion exchange chromatography coupled with post-column derivatisation and photometric detection (IEC-VIS) — Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009
 All species    
1.. The moisture content shall be indicated on the labelling of the additive.
2.. L-arginine may be placed on the market and used as an additive consisting of a preparation. 8 July 2026

