Commission Regulation (EC) No 786/2007 of 4 July 2007 concerning the authorisation of endo-1,4-beta-mannanase EC 3.2.1.78 (Hemicell) as a feed additive   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, enzyme, food additive, foodstuffs legislation, poultry

L 175/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.7.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 786/2007

of 4 July 2007

concerning the authorisation of endo-1,4-beta-mannanase EC 3.2.1.78 (Hemicell) as a feed additive

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of
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:

health, human health or the environment (2). It further
concluded that that preparation does not present any
other risk which would, in accordance with Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, exclude authorisation.
The opinion of the Authority recommends appropriate
measures for user safety. It does not consider that there is
a need for specific requirements of post-market moni-
toring. This opinion also verifies the report on the
method of
in feed
the
submitted by the Community Reference Laboratory set
up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

feed additive

analysis of

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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.

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.

the

application concerns

The
the
preparation of endo-1,4-beta-mannanase EC 3.2.1.78
(Hemicell), produced by Bacillus lentus (ATCC 55045),
as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, to be clas-
sified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’.

authorisation of

The European Food Safety Authority (the Authority)
concluded in its opinion of 21 November 2006 that
the
EC
3.2.1.78 produced by Bacillus
(ATCC 55045)
(Hemicell) does not have an adverse effect on animal

endo-1,4-beta-mannanase

preparation

lentus

of

(5)

(6)

that preparation shows

The assessment of
the
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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

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, 4 July 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(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).

(2) Opinion of

the Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or
Substances used in Animal Feed on the safety and efficacy of the
enzymatic preparation Hemicell® Feed Enzyme (beta-D-mannanase)
as a feed additive for chickens for fattening in accordance with
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Adopted on 21 November 2006.
The EFSA Journal (2006) 412, 1-12.

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