1. The purpose of this Regulation is to establish a Community procedure for authorising the placing on the market and use of feed additives and to lay down rules for the supervision and labelling of feed additives and premixtures in order to provide the basis for the assurance of a high level of protection of human health, animal health and welfare, environment and users' and consumers' interests in relation to feed additives, whilst ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market.
2. This Regulation shall not apply to:
(a)
processing aids;
(b)
veterinary medicinal products as defined in Directive 2001/82/EC (12), with the exception of coccidiostats and histomonostats used as feed additives.