COMMI SSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2017/912 
of 29 May 2017 
concer ning the author isation of the preparation of Lactobacillus plantar um DSM 29024 as a feed 
additiv e for all animal species 
(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 such author isation. 
(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 an application was submitt ed for the autho ­
risation of the preparation of Lactobacillus plantar um DSM 29024. That application was accompanied by the 
particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. 
(3)  That application concer ns the author isation of the preparation of Lactobacillus plantar um DSM 29024 as a feed 
additive for all animal species to be classifie d in the additive cate gory ‘technological additives ’. 
(4)  The European Food Safety Auth ority (‘the Author ity’) concluded in its opinion of 6 December 2016 (2) that, 
under the proposed conditions of use, the preparation of Lactobacillus plantar um DSM 29024 does not have an 
adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment. The Author ity also concluded that the 
preparation concer ned has the poten tial to improve the production of silage prepared from easy and moderately 
difficult to ensile mat erial by preser ving nutr ients. The Auth ority does not consider that there is a need for 
specific requirements of post-market monitori ng. It also verified the repor t on the methods of analysis of the feed 
additive in feed submitte d by the Reference Laborat ory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. 
(5)  The assessment of the preparation of Lactobacillus plantar um DSM 29024 shows that the conditions for 
author isation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. According ly, the use of 
that preparation should be author ised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation. 
(6)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
The preparation specifi ed in the Annex, belonging to the additive catego ry ‘technological additives ’ and to the functional 
group ‘silag e additives’, is author ised as an additive in animal nutr ition, subject to the conditions laid down in that 
Annex. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 30.5.2017 L 139/30 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. 
(2)EFSA Journal 2017; 15(1):4675. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member State s. 
Done at Brussels, 29 May 2017. 
For the Commission 
The Presid ent 
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Identifica ­
tion 
number of 
the additive Additive Com position, chemi cal formula, 
descr iption, analytical method Species or 
category of 
animal Maximum 
age Minimum 
content Maximum 
conten t 
Other provisions End of 
period of 
author isation CFU of additive/kg of fresh 
material 
Technological additiv es: silage additiv es 
1k20753 Lact obacillus 
plantar um 
DSM 29024 Additive composition 
Preparation of Lactobacillus plan ­
tarum 
DSM 29024 containing a mini ­
mum of 8 × 1010 CFU/g additive. 
Char acter isation of the active sub­
stance 
Viable cells of Lactobacillus plan ­
tarum DSM 29024. 
Analytical method (1) 
Enumeration in the feed additive: 
spread plate method on de Man, 
Rogosa and Shar pe (MRS) agar 
(EN 15787). 
Identif ication of the feed additive: 
Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis 
(PFGE). All animal 
species — — — 1.  In the directions for use of the additive 
and premixtures, the storag e conditions 
and stability to heat treatment shall be 
indicated . 
2.  Minimum content of the additive when 
used without combination with other 
micro-org anisms as silage additives: 
5 × 107 CFU/kg of easy and moderately 
difficult to ensile fresh mat erial(2). 
3.For users of the additive and premix ­
tures, feed business operators shall estab ­
lish operational procedures and organisa ­
tional measures to address pote ntial risks 
resulting from their use. Where those 
risks cannot be eliminate d or reduced to 
a minimum by such procedures and 
measures, the additive and premixtures 
shall be used with personal prot ective 
equipment, including breathing prot ec­
tion. 19 June 
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(1)  Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory : https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/eurl/feed-additives/evaluation-repor ts 
(2)  Easy to ensile forage: > 3 % soluble carbohydrat es in fresh mat erial. Moderately difficult to ensile forage: 1,5-3,0 % soluble carbohydrat es in the fresh material. Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/2008 of 
25 Apr il 2008 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regar ds the preparation and the presentation of application sand 
the assessment and the author isation of feed additives (OJ L 133, 22.5.2008, p. 1).   30.5.2017 L 139/32 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN