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1. No feed additive shall be authorised unless the applicant for such authorisation has adequately and sufficiently demonstrated in accordance with the implementing measures referred to in Article 7 that, when used in accordance with conditions to be set out in the Regulation authorising the use of the additive, it satisfies the requirements of paragraph 2, and has at least one of the characteristics set out in paragraph 3.

2. The feed additive shall not:

(a) have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment, (b) be presented in a manner which may mislead the user, (c) harm the consumer by impairing the distinctive features of animal products or mislead the consumer with regard to the distinctive features of animal products.

3. The feed additive shall:

(a) favourably affect the characteristics of feed, (b) favourably affect the characteristics of animal products, (c) favourably affect the colour of ornamental fish and birds, (d) satisfy the nutritional needs of animals, (e) favourably affect the environmental consequences of animal production, (f) favourably affect animal production, performance or welfare, particularly by affecting the gastro-intestinal flora or digestibility of feedingstuffs, or (g) have a coccidiostatic or histomonostatic effect.

4. Antibiotics, other than coccidiostats or histomonostats, shall not be authorised as feed additives.