Commission Regulation (EC) No 1139/2007 of 1 October 2007 concerning the authorisation of L-arginine as a feed additive (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, food additive, foodstuffs legislation, organic chemical

2.10.2007

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1139/2007

of 1 October 2007

concerning the authorisation of L-arginine as a feed additive

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

The application concerns authorisation of L-arginine as a
feed additive for all animal species, to be classified in the
additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and the functional
group ‘aminoacids, their salts and analogues’.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 (1), and in
particular Article 9(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

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

(2)

An application for authorisation has been submitted for
L-arginine as an aminoacid.

(6)

(7)

It

The European Food Safety Authority (the Authority)
concluded in its opinions of 17 April 2007 (3)
that
L-arginine does not have an adverse effect on animal
further
health, human health or the environment.
concluded that L-arginine does not present any other
risk which would,
in accordance with Article 5(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, exclude authorisation.
It does not consider that there is a need for specific
requirements of post market monitoring. The report on
the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed was
submitted by the Community Reference Laboratory set
up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 to the Authority.
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 preparation shows

that

are

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

opinion

the

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(3)

date of

As the application for authorisation was submitted before
the
application of Regulation (EC) No
it was submitted under Council Directive
1831/2003,
82/471/EEC of 30 June 1982 concerning certain
products used in animal nutrition (2). As
from 18
October 2004, aminoacids,
their salts and analogues
fall under the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
The application is therefore to be considered as an appli-
cation under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

Article 1

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the
additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional
group ‘aminoacids, their salts and analogues’, is authorised as
an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid
down in that Annex.

(4)

In order to comply with the requirements laid down in
Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, additional
information was submitted in support of the application.

(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) OJ L 213, 21.7.1982, p. 8. Directive as

last amended by
Commission Directive 2004/116/EC (OJ L 379, 24.12.2004, p. 81).

Article 2

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

(3) Opinion of

the Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or
Substances used in Animal Feed on the safety and efficacy of the
product L-arginine produced by fermentation from Corynebacterium
glutamicum (ATCC-13870)
species. Adopted on
17 April 2007. The EFSA Journal (2007) 473, p. 1-19.

for all animal

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

Done at Brussels, 1 October 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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