Commission Regulation (EC) No 634/2007 of 7 June 2007 concerning the authorisation of selenomethionine produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC R397 as a feed additive (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-06-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, foodstuffs legislation, trace element

L 146/14

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Official Journal of the European Union

8.6.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 634/2007

of 7 June 2007
concerning the authorisation of selenomethionine produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
NCYC R397 as a feed additive

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

Whereas:

The European Food Safety Authority (the Authority)
concluded in its opinion of 5 December 2006
that selenomethionine produced by Saccharomyces cere-
visiae NCYC R397 does not have an adverse effect on
animal health, human health or the environment (2). It
further concluded that selenomethionine produced by
Saccharomyces
cerevisiae NCYC R397 does not present
any other risk which would, in accordance with Article
5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, exclude author-
isation. According to that opinion,
that
preparation can be considered as a source of bio
available selenium and fulfils the criteria of a nutritional
additive for all species. The opinion of the Authority
recommends appropriate measures for user safety.
It
does not consider
there is a need for specific
requirements of post-market monitoring. This opinion
also verifies the report on the method of analysis of
the feed additive in feed submitted by the Community
Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No
1831/2003.

the use of

that

(1)

(2)

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

(5)

(6)

that preparation shows

the
The assessment of
conditions for authorisation, provided for in Article 5
of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003,
satisfied.
Accordingly,
that preparation should be
the use of
authorised, as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.

that

are

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

opinion

the

the

of

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No
1831/2003, an application was submitted for the author-
isation of the preparation set out in the Annex to this
Regulation. That application was accompanied by the
particulars and documents required under Article 7(3)
of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(3)

The application concerns authorisation of the preparation
selenomethionine produced by Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
NCYC R397 as a feed additive for all species, to be
classified in the additive category ‘nutritional additives’.

(1) 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).

Article 1

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the
additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional
group ‘compounds of
trace elements’,
is authorised as an
additive in animal nutrition subject
to the conditions laid
down in that Annex.

(2) Opinion of

the Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or
Substances used in Animal Feed on the safety and efficacy of the
cerevisiae NCYC
product Selenium enriched yeast
R397) as a feed additive for all species in accordance with Regu-
lation (EC) No 1831/2003. Adopted on 5 December 2006.
The EFSA Journal (2006) 430, pp. 1 to 23.

(Saccharomyces

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This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 7 June 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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