{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1831/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1831/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2003/1831",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1831",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Placing on the market, processing and use",
  "text": "1. No person shall place on the market, process or use a feed additive unless:\n(a) it is covered by an authorisation granted in accordance with this Regulation;\n(b) the conditions for use set out in this Regulation, including the general conditions set out in Annex IV, unless otherwise provided for in the authorisation, and in the authorisation of the substance are met; and\n(c) the conditions on labelling set out in this Regulation are met.\n2. For experiments for scientific purposes, the appropriate authority may authorise the use, as additives, of substances which are not authorised ..., with the exception of antibiotics, provided that the experiments are carried out in accordance with the principles and conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 or the guidelines set out in Article 7(4) of this Regulation and provided that there is adequate official supervision. The animals concerned may be used for food production only if the authorities establish that this will have no adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment.\n3. In the case of additives belonging to categories (d) and (e) of Article 6(1) and of those additives falling within the scope of ... legislation relating to the marketing of products consisting of, containing or produced from genetically modified organisms (GMOs), no person other than the holder of the authorisation named in the authorisation ... referred to in Article 9, his legal successor or successors, or a person acting under his written authority, shall first place the product on the market.\n4. Unless otherwise specified, the mixing of additives to be sold directly to the end-user shall be allowed, subject to compliance with the conditions for use laid down in the authorisation for each single additive. Consequently, the mixing of authorised additives shall not be subject to specific authorisations other than the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 183/2005.\n5. Where necessary, as a result of technological progress or scientific development, the appropriate authority may prescribe changes to the general conditions set out in Annex 4.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 11(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 11(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(2) substituted (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 8(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Art. 3(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 11(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Art. 3(3) omiited (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 3(3) (with reg. 23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(4) substituted (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 8(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Art. 3(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 11(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1831/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:53.254259+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}