CELEX: 32007R0516
Language: en
Date: 2007-05-10
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 516/2007 of 10 May 2007 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)

11.5.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 122/22
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 516/2007
   of 10 May 2007
   concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (1), and in particular Articles 3, 9d(1) thereof,
   Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the 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 authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 lays down transitional measures for applications for the authorisation of feed additives submitted in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The application for the authorisation of the additive listed in the Annex to this Regulation was submitted before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Initial comments on those applications, as provided for in Article 4(4) of Directive 70/524/EEC, were forwarded 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.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The use of the enzyme preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase EC 3.2.1.8, produced by Bacillus subtilis (LMG S-15136) was provisionally authorised for the first time for pigs for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 261/2003 (3) and turkeys for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2188/2002 (4). New data were submitted in support of an application for authorisation without a time limit of that enzyme 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 enzyme preparation, as specified in Annex to this Regulation, should be authorised without a time limit.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               The assessment of this application shows that certain procedures should be required to protect workers from exposure to the additives set out in the Annex. 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 (5).
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The preparation belonging to the group ‘Enzymes’, as specified in the Annex, is authorised without a time limit as an additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of 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, 10 May 2007.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Markos KYPRIANOU
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1800/2004 (OJ L 317, 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).
   
      (3)  OJ L 37, 13.3.2003, p. 12.
   
      (4)  OJ L 333, 10.12.2002, p. 5.
   
      (5)  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).
   
      ANNEX
      
                  EC No
               
               
                  Additive
               
               
                  Chemical formula, description
               
               
                  Species or category of animal
               
               
                  Maximum age
               
               
                  Minimum content
               
               
                  Maximum content
               
               
                  Other provisions
               
               
                  End of period of authorisation
               
            
                  Units of activity/kg of complete feedingstuff
               
            
                  Enzymes
               
            
                  E 1606
               
               
                  Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase
                  EC 3.2.1.8
               
               
                  Preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Bacillus subtilis (LMG S-15136) having a minimum activity of:
                  Solid and liquid:
                  endo-1,4-beta-xylanase: 100 IU (1)/g or ml
               
               
                  Pigs for fattening
               
               
                  —
               
               
                  10 IU
               
               
                  —
               
               
                  
                              1.
                           
                           
                              In the directions for use of the additive and premixture, indicate the storage temperature, storage life, and stability to pelleting.
                           
                        
                              2.
                           
                           
                              Recommended dose per kilogram of complete feedingstuff: 10 IU
                           
                        
                              3.
                           
                           
                              For use in compound feed rich in arabinoxylan, e.g. minimum 40 % wheat.
                           
                        
               
                  Without a time limit
               
            
                  Turkeys for fattening
               
               
                  —
               
               
                  10 IU
               
               
                  —
               
               
                  
                              1.
                           
                           
                              In the directions for use of the additive and premixture, indicate the storage temperature, storage life, and stability to pelleting.
                           
                        
                              2.
                           
                           
                              Recommended dose per kilogram of complete feedingstuff: 10 IU
                           
                        
                              3.
                           
                           
                              For use in compound feed rich in arabinoxylan, e.g. minimum 40 % wheat.
                           
                        
               
                  Without a time limit
               
            
         (1)  1 IU is the amount of enzyme which liberates 1 micromole of reducing sugars (expressed in equivalent xylose) from birchwood xylan per minute at pH 4,5 and 30 °C.