Commission Regulation (EC) No 203/2009 of 16 March 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1137/2007 as regards the use of the feed additive Bacillus subtilis (O35) in feed containing decoquinate and narasin/nicarbazin (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, food additive, health legislation, microorganism, veterinary legislation

17.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 71/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 203/2009

of 16 March 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 1137/2007 as regards the use of the feed additive Bacillus subtilis
(O35) in feed containing decoquinate and narasin/nicarbazin

(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 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the possi­
bility to modify the authorisation of an additive further
to a request from the holder of the authorisation and an
opinion of
the European Food Safety Authority (the
Authority).
The use of the micro-organism preparation of Bacillus
subtilis DSM 17299 (O35) was authorised for 10 years
for chickens for fattening by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1137/2007 (2).

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No
1831/2003, an application for a modification of
the
authorisation of
submitted to
allow its use in feed containing the coccidiostats deco­

that preparation was

quinate and narasin/nicarbazin for chickens for fattening.
That application was accompanied by the particulars and
documents required under Article 7(3) of that Regulation.

The Authority concluded in its opinion of 22 October
2008 that the compatibility of the additive Bacillus subtilis
DSM 17299 (O35) with decoquinate and narasin/ni­
carbazin was established (3).

The conditions provided for in Article 5 of Regulation
(EC) No 1831/2003 are satisfied.

Regulation (EC) No 1137/2007 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

opinion

the

the

of

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1137/2007 is replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 16 March 2009.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 256, 2.10.2007, p. 5.

(3) Scientific Opinion of

the Panel on Additives and Products or
Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) on a request from the
European Commission on the compatibility of the microbial product
O35 (Bacillus subtilis) with decoquinate and narasin/nicarbazin. The
EFSA Journal (2008) 840, p. 1.

L 71/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.3.2009

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