COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) No 754/2014 
of 11 July 2014 
concer ning the denial of author isation of Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus 
pentosaceus (NCIMB 30044) as feed additiv es 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having regar d to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 
on additives for use in animal nutr ition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the author isation of additives for use in animal nutr ition and for the 
grounds and procedures for granting or deny ing such author isation. Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) 
No 1831/2003 in conjunction with Article 10(1) to (4) thereof sets out specific provisions for the evaluation of 
products used in the Union as silage additives at the date that Regulation became applicable. 
(2)  In accordance with Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and 
Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30044), formerly Lactococcus lactis (NCIMB 30044), were entered in the Regist er of 
Feed Additives as silage additives for all animal species. 
(3) In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction with Article 7 thereof, applica ­
tions were submitted for the author isation of Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus 
(NCIMB 30044) as feed additives for all animal species, with the request to classify them in the catego ry ‘techno ­
logical additives’ and in the functional group ‘silage additives ’. Those applications were accompan ied by the parti­
culars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. 
(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinions of 6 Marc h 2014 (2) that Pedio­
coccus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30044) are resistant to tetracycline, an anti­
biotic used in human and vete rinar y medicine. 
(5)  The information available does not permit the risk to be excl uded that Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) 
and Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30044) may spread to other micro-organisms resistance to that antibiotic. 
Consequently , it has not been established that Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus 
(NCIMB 30044) do not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the envi ronment, when used as 
feed additives under the proposed conditions. 
(6)  The conditions for author isation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are theref ore not 
satisfied. According ly, the author isation of Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus 
(NCIMB 30044) as feed additives should be denied. 
(7)  Since further use of Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30044) as feed 
additives may cause a risk to human and animal health, those feed additives should be withdra wn from the 
mark et as soon as possible. Taking into account practical reasons, it is, however , necessar y to provide interest ed 
parties with a time period during which existing stocks of silage produced with those feed additives may be 
used up. 
(8)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
the Food Chain and Animal Health, 12.7.2014 L 205/10 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. 
(2)EFSA Journal 2014; 12(3):3609 and EFSA Journal 2014; 12(3):3610. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Denial of author isation 
Author isation of Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30044) as additives in animal 
nutr ition is denied. 
Article 2 
Transitional measures 
1. Existing stoc ks of Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30044) and premix ­
tures containing them shall be withdra wn from the market as soon as possible and at the latest by 30 Sept ember 2014. 
2. Silage produced with Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30044) or with 
premixtures containing them before 1 August 2014 may be used up until stoc ks are exhausted. 
Article 3 
Entr y into force 
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 is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 11 July 2014. 
For the Commission 
The Presid ent 
José Manuel BARR OSO  12.7.2014 L 205/11 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN