Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/568 of 7 April 2015 amending Annex I to Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU as regards the definition of bovine lactoferrin (notified under document C(2015) 2173)

9.4.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 93/71
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/568
of 7 April 2015
amending Annex I to Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU as regards the definition of bovine lactoferrin
(notified under document C(2015) 2173)
(Only the English text is authentic)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU (2) authorises the placing on the market of bovine lactoferrin as a novel food ingredient.
(2) Annex I to Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU lays down the specifications for bovine lactoferrin. Those specifications contain a definition of bovine lactoferrin. This definition should be amended to better describe the authorised novel food ingredient.
(3) Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,