Commission Regulation (EC) No 492/2006 of  27 March 2006  concerning the provisional and permanent authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, enzyme, foodstuffs legislation, health risk, microorganism, preservative

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 492/2006

of 27 March 2006

concerning the provisional and permanent authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

to the Commission before the date of application of
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Those applications are
therefore to continue to be treated in accordance with
Article 4 of Directive 70/524/EEC.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23
November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (1), and
in particular Articles 3, 9d(1) and 9e(1) thereof,

(5)

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of
European Parliament and of
the Council of 22 September
2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (2), and in
particular Article 25 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the author-
isation of additives for use in animal nutrition.

(6)

(2)

(3)

Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 lays down
transitional measures for applications for the authori-
sation of
feed additives submitted in accordance with
Directive 70/524/EEC before the date of application of
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

The applications for the authorisation of the additives
listed in the Annexes to this Regulation were submitted
before
the date of application of Regulation (EC)
No 1831/2003.

(7)

(4)

Initial comments on those applications, as provided for
in Article 4(4) of Directive 70/524/EEC, were forwarded

(1) OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1. Directive as

(EC) No 1800/2004 (OJ

last amended by
L 317,

Commission Regulation
16.10.2004, p. 37).

(2) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. Regulation as

amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005 (OJ L 59, 5.3.2005,
p. 8).

for

(DSM 10287)

produced
and
oryzae

Data were submitted in support of an application for
authorisation of the use of the enzyme preparation of
by Aspergillus
endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase
endo-1,4-beta-xylanase
(CBS 589.94)
aculeatus
produced by Aspergillus
for
fattening and for piglets. On 20 July
chickens
the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
2005,
this preparation
delivered an opinion on the use of
which concludes that it does not present a risk for the
consumer, the user, the animal category or the envi-
ronment. The assessment shows that
the conditions
laid down in Article 9e(1) of Directive 70/524/EEC for
an authorisation of that preparation for these uses are
satisfied. Accordingly,
enzyme
the
preparation, as specified in Annex I, should be authorised
for four years.

uses

that

of

cerevisiae

The use of the micro-organism preparation of Sacchar-
(MUCL 39 885) was provisionally
omyces
authorised for the first time for cattle for fattening by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1411/1999 (3). New
data were submitted in support of an application for
that micro-
a
authorisation without
organism preparation. The assessment shows that
the
laid down in Article 3a of Directive
conditions
70/524/EEC for
satisfied.
authorisation
Accordingly, the use of that micro-organism preparation,
as specified in Annex II, should be authorised without a
time-limit.

time-limit of

such

are

farciminis

The use of the micro-organism preparation of Lactoba-
(CNCM MA 67/4R) was provisionally
cillus
authorised for the first time for piglets by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1411/1999. New data were
submitted in support of an application for authorisation
without a time-limit of that micro-organism preparation.
The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in
Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation
are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that micro-organism
preparation,
should be
as
authorised without a time-limit.

specified in Annex II,

(3) OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 56.

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(8)

(9)

(10)

the use of

Data were submitted in support of an application for
authorisation without a time-limit of
the
substance ‘potassium diformate’ as feed additive under
the category ‘Preservatives’
for all animal species. The
Commission asked EFSA to give an opinion on the
efficacy and the safety for humans, animals and envir-
onment. EFSA delivered a favourable opinion with regard
to the safety and to the efficacy of potassium diformate
species on 8 December 2004. The
for all animal
the
assessment of potassium diformate showed that
relevant conditions laid down in Article 3a of Directive
70/524/EEC for
satisfied.
Accordingly, the use of that substance as preservative,
as specified in Annex III, should be authorised without
a time-limit.

authorisation

such

are

The assessment of these applications shows that certain
procedures should be required to protect workers from
exposure to the additives set out in the Annexes. Such
protection should be assured by the application of
Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the
introduction of measures to encourage improvements in
the safety and health of workers at work (1).

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with
Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

opinion

the

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The preparation belonging to the group ‘Enzymes’, as specified
in Annex I, is authorised provisionally for four years as additive
in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that
Annex.

Article 2

The preparations belonging to the group ‘Micro-organisms’, as
specified in Annex II, are authorised without a time-limit as
additives in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down
in that Annex.

Article 3

The substance belonging to the group ‘Preservatives’, as specified
in Annex III, is authorised without a time-limit as additive in
animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
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, 27 March 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ
L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

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