
Article 1 
The additive specified in the Annex belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘emulsifiers’, is authorised as additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 

1. The additive specified in the Annex and premixtures containing those additive which are produced and labelled before 6 January 2018 in accordance with the rules applicable before 6 July 2017 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
2. Compound feed and feed materials containing the additive as specified in the Annex which are produced and labelled before 6 July 2018 in accordance with the rules applicable before 6 July 2017 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for food-producing animals.
3. Compound feed and feed materials containing the additive as specified in the Annex which are produced and labelled before 6 July 2019 in accordance with the rules applicable before 6 July 2017 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for non-food-producing animals.
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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 15 June 2017.
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 of lecithins/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
Category of technological additives. Functional group: emulsifiers
1c322 — Lecithins 
Preparation of lecithins having a minimum of:


— phospholipids ≥ 18 %,
— lysophospholipids ≥ 11 %,
— other phospholipids ≤ 6 %,

Moisture ≤ 1 %

Lecithins (CAS No 8002-43-5) extracted from soybeans

For the characterisation of feed additive:

Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 and the corresponding tests in the FAO JECFA monograph ‘Lecithin’
 All animal species — — — Use level in complete feed: 100-1 500 mg of additive/kg complete feed 6 July 2027



