
Article 1 
The authorisation provided by Directive 70/524/EEC and extended by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, concerning the additive ethoxyquin specified in entry E 324 of the Register of feed additives referred to in Article 17 of that Regulation (‘the additive ethoxyquin’), is suspended.
Article 2 

1. Existing stocks of the additive ethoxyquin and of premixtures containing it may continue to be placed on the market until 28 September 2017 and may be used until 28 December 2017 in accordance with the rules applicable before 28 June 2017.
2. Feed materials and compound feed produced with the additive ethoxyquin or with premixtures containing it may continue to be placed on the market until 28 December 2017 and may be used until 28 March 2018 in accordance with the rules applicable before 28 June 2017.
Article 3 

1. By way of derogation from Article 2:
(a) the additive ethoxyquin and premixtures containing it, intended to be incorporated in the feed materials listed under entry 7.1.2 and under Chapter 10 of the Catalogue of feed materials established by Commission Regulation (EU) No 68/2013, may continue to be placed on the market in accordance with the rules applicable before 28 June 2017 until 30 September 2019, provided that the label of the additive ethoxyquin or of premixtures containing it mentions the intended incorporation in those feed materials;
(b) feed materials referred to in point (a) produced with the additive ethoxyquin or with premixtures containing it may continue to be placed on the market in accordance with the rules applicable before 28 June 2017 until 31 December 2019;
(c) compound feed produced with the feed materials referred to in point (b) may continue to be placed on the market in accordance with the rules applicable before 28 June 2017 until 31 March 2020.
2. The products referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 may be used in accordance with the rules applicable before 28 June 2017 until 3 months after the dates specified respectively in those points.
Article 4 

1. By way of derogation from Article 2:
(a) the additive ethoxyquin intended to be incorporated in the following additives preparations which have been authorised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, may continue to be placed on the market in accordance with the rules applicable before 28 June 2017 until 31 March 2018, provided that the label of the additive ethoxyquin mentions the intended incorporation in those additives preparations:
— preparations of vitamin A;
— preparations of vitamin D;
— preparations of vitamin E;
— preparations of vitamin K;
— preparations of lutein;
— preparations of zeaxanthin;
— preparations of ethyl ester of beta-apo-8′-carotenoic acid;
— preparations of citranaxanthin;
— preparations of capsanthin;
— preparations of astaxanthin;
— preparations of astaxanthin dimethyldisuccinate;
— preparations of canthaxanthin;
— preparations of beta-carotene;
(b) the additives preparations referred to in point (a) which contain the additive ethoxyquin and premixtures containing those additives preparations may continue to be placed on the market in accordance with the rules applicable before 28 June 2017 until 30 June 2018;
(c) feed materials and compound feed containing the products referred to in point (b) may continue to be placed on the market in accordance with the rules applicable before 28 June 2017 until 30 September 2018.
2. The products referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 may be used in accordance with the rules applicable before 28 June 2017 until 3 months after the dates specified respectively in those points.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall be reviewed by 31 December 2020 at the latest and in any event after the adoption by the Authority of a non-favourable opinion on the safety or efficacy of the additive ethoxyquin.
Article 6 
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, 7 June 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER