CELEX: 32020R0166
Language: en
Date: 2020-02-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/166 of 5 February 2020 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of 6-phytase produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, laying hens, turkeys for fattening, ducks for fattening, weaned piglets, pigs for fattening and sows and repealing Regulation (EC) No 785/2007 (holder of authorisation Danisco (UK) Ltd, trading as Danisco Animal Nutrition and represented by Genencor International B.V.) (Text with EEA relevance)

6.2.2020   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 34/43
               
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/166
         of 5 February 2020
         concerning the renewal of the authorisation of 6-phytase produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, laying hens, turkeys for fattening, ducks for fattening, weaned piglets, pigs for fattening and sows and repealing Regulation (EC) No 785/2007 (holder of authorisation Danisco (UK) Ltd, trading as Danisco Animal Nutrition and represented by Genencor International B.V.)
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         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 (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting and renewing such authorisation.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     The preparation of 6-phytase produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) was authorised for 10 years as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, turkeys for fattening, laying hens, ducks for fattening, piglets (weaned), pigs for fattening, and sows by Commission Regulation (EC) No 785/2007 (2).
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     In accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted by the holder of that authorisation for the renewal of the authorisation of the preparation of 6-phytase produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, laying hens, turkeys for fattening, ducks for fattening, weaned piglets, pigs for fattening and sows requesting that additive to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 14(2) of that Regulation.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 4 April 2019 (3) that the applicant has provided data demonstrating that the additive complies with the conditions of authorisation.
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     The assessment of the preparation of 6-phytase produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the authorisation of that additive should be renewed as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
                  
               
                     (6)
                  
                  
                     As a consequence of the renewal of the authorisation of the preparation of 6-phytase produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) as a feed additive under the conditions laid down in the Annex to this Regulation, Regulation (EC) No 785/2007 should be repealed.
                  
               
                     (7)
                  
                  
                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
         
            Article 1
            The authorisation of the additive specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘digestibility enhancers’, is renewed subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
         
         
            Article 2
            Regulation (EC) No 785/2007 is repealed.
         
         
            Article 3
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 5 February 2020.
            
               
                  For the Commission
               
               
                  The President
               
               Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.
         
            (2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 785/2007 of 4 July 2007 concerning the authorisation of 6-phytase EC 3.1.3.26 (Phyzyme XP 5000G Phyzyme XP 5000L) as a feed additive (OJ L 175, 5.7.2007, p. 5).
         
            (3)  EFSA Journal 2019;17(5):5701.
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            
                        Identification number of the additive
                     
                     
                        Name of the holder of authorisation
                     
                     
                        Additive
                     
                     
                        Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method
                     
                     
                        Species or category of animal
                     
                     
                        Maximum age
                     
                     
                        Minimum content
                     
                     
                        Maximum content
                     
                     
                        Other provisions
                     
                     
                        End of period of authorisation
                     
                  
                        Unit of activity/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
                     
                  
                        
                           Category of zootechnical additives. Functional group: digestibility enhancers
                        
                     
                  
                        4a1640
                     
                     
                        Danisco (UK) Ltd, trading as Danisco Animal Nutrition and represented by Genencor International B.V.
                     
                     
                        6-phytase
                        EC 3.1.3.26
                     
                     
                        
                           Additive composition
                        
                        Preparation of 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26)
                        produced by Schizosaccharomyces
                        
                        
                           pombe (ATCC 5233) having a minimum activity of: 5 000  FTU  (1) /g
                        Solid coated and liquid form
                        
                           Characterisation of the active substance:
                        
                        6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26) produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233)
                        
                           Analytical method
                            (2)
                        
                        Determination of 6-phytase EC 3.1.3.26 in feed additive: colorimetric method based on the quantification of inorganic phosphate released by the enzyme from sodium phytate.
                        Determination of 6-phytase EC 3.1.3.26 in feed premixtures and feedingstuff: EN ISO 30024: colorimetric method based on the quantification of inorganic phosphate released by the enzyme from sodium phytate (after dilution with heat-treated whole grain flour).
                     
                     
                        Chickens for fattening
                        Turkeys for fattening
                        Ducks for fattening
                     
                     
                        —
                     
                     
                        250 FTU
                     
                     
                        —
                     
                     
                        
                                    1.
                                 
                                 
                                    In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions and stability to heat treatment shall be indicated.
                                 
                              
                                    2.
                                 
                                 
                                    For users of the additive and premixtures, feed business operators shall establish operational procedures and organisational measures to address potential risks resulting from its use. Where those risks cannot be eliminated or reduced to a minimum by such procedures and measures, the additive and premixtures shall be used with personal protective equipment, including breathing protection.
                                 
                              
                     
                        26.2.2030
                     
                  
                        Laying hens
                     
                     
                        —
                     
                     
                        150 FTU
                     
                     
                        —
                     
                  
                        Piglets
                        (weaned)
                        Pigs for fattening
                     
                     
                        —
                     
                     
                        250 FTU
                     
                     
                        —
                     
                  
                        Sows
                     
                     
                        —
                     
                     
                        500 FTU
                     
                     
                        —
                     
                  
               (1)  One FTU is the amount of enzyme which liberates one micromole of inorganic phosphate per minute from a sodium phytate substrate at pH 5,5 and 37 °C.
            
               (2)  Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/eurl/feed-additives/evaluation-reports