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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1077/2013 of 31 October 2013 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Enterococcus            faecium NBIMCC 8270, Lactobacillus acidophilus NBIMCC 8242, Lactobacillus helveticus NBIMCC 8269, Lactobacillus delbrueckii            ssp. lactis NBIMCC 8250, Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus NBIMCC 8244, and Streptococcus thermophilus NBIMCC 8253            as a feed additive for suckling piglets (holder of authorisation Lactina Ltd) (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1077/2013                     

# of 31 October 2013

# concerning the authorisation of a preparation of *Enterococcus faecium* NBIMCC 8270, Lactobacillus acidophilus NBIMCC 8242, *Lactobacillus helveticus* NBIMCC 8269, *Lactobacillus delbrueckii* ssp. *lactis* NBIMCC 8250, *Lactobacillus delbrueckii* ssp. *bulgaricus* NBIMCC 8244, and *Streptococcus thermophilus* NBIMCC 8253 as a feed additive for suckling piglets (holder of authorisation Lactina Ltd)                     

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives                           for use in animal nutrition(1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and                              procedures for granting such authorisation.

(2)In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of a preparation                              of *Enterococcus faecium* NBIMCC 8270, *Lactobacillus acidophilus* NBIMCC 8242, *Lactobacillus helveticus* NBIMCC 8269, *Lactobacillus delbrueckii* ssp. *lactis* NBIMCC 8250, *Lactobacillus delbrueckii* ssp. *bulgaricus* NBIMCC 8244, and *Streptococcus thermophilus* NBIMCC 8253. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation                              (EC) No 1831/2003.

(3)That application concerns the authorisation of a preparation of *Enterococcus faecium* NBIMCC 8270, *Lactobacillus acidophilus* NBIMCC 8242, *Lactobacillus helveticus* NBIMCC 8269, *Lactobacillus delbrueckii* ssp. *lactis* NBIMCC 8250, *Lactobacillus delbrueckii* ssp. *bulgaricus* NBIMCC 8244, and *Streptococcus thermophilus* NBIMCC 8253 as a feed additive for suckling piglets, to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’.

(4)The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 12 March 2013(2) that, under the proposed conditions of use, the preparation of *Enterococcus faecium* NBIMCC 8270, *Lactobacillus acidophilus* NBIMCC 8242, *Lactobacillus helveticus* NBIMCC 8269, *Lactobacillus delbrueckii* ssp. *lactis* NBIMCC 8250, *Lactobacillus delbrueckii* ssp. *bulgaricus* NBIMCC 8244, and *Streptococcus thermophilus* NBIMCC 8253 does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment. The Authority recognised that                              it has the potential to increase the body weight in suckling piglets. The Authority does not consider that there is a need                              for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive                              in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(5)The assessment of that preparation shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation                              (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that preparation should be authorised 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 Committee on the Food Chain                              and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional                     group ‘gut flora stabilisers’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that                     Annex.                  

# Article 2U.K.

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 shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2013.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

1

OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.                           

2

*EFSA Journal 2013*; 11(4):3170.