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)

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 establishing the European Community,
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 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedure for granting such authorisation.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the possibility 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).
(3) 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).
(4) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application for a modification of the authorisation of that preparation was submitted to allow its use in feed containing the coccidiostats decoquinate and narasin/nicarbazin for chickens for fattening. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of that Regulation.
(5) 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/nicarbazin was established (3).
(6) The conditions provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 are satisfied.
(7) Regulation (EC) No 1137/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,