Commission Regulation (EC) No 316/2003 of 19 February 2003 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
EU Regulation No 316/2003 · Adopted 19 February 2003 · Extends to United Kingdom
Commission Regulation (EC) No 316/2003
of 19 February 2003
concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 9d(1) of Directive 70/524/EEC provides that additives referred to in Part II of Annex C to that Directive may be authorised without a time limit if the conditions laid down in Article 3(a) are satisfied.
(2)
New data were submitted by the producing company in support of an application for authorisation without a time limit of the micro-organism preparation set out in this Regulation.
(3)
The assessment of the application for authorisation submitted in respect of that micro-organism preparation, shows that all the conditions required for an authorisation, as provided for in Directive 70/524/EEC are satisfied.
(4)
That micro-organism preparation may therefore be authorised for an unlimited period.
(5)
Directive 70/524/EEC provides that a new use of an additive already authorised requires a Community authorisation.
(6)
Directive 70/524/EEC provides that provisional authorisation of a new additive for use in feedingstuffs or of a new use of an additive already authorised may be given if the conditions laid down in that Directive are satisfied, and if it is reasonable to assume, in view of the available results, that when used in animal nutrition it has one of the effects referred to in Article 2(a) of that Directive. Such provisional authorisation may be given for a period not exceeding four years in the case of additives referred to in Part II of Annex C to that Directive.
(7)
New data were submitted by the producing company in support of an application to extend the authorisation of an enzyme preparation set out in this Regulation.
(8)
The assessment of the application for authorisation submitted in respect of the new use of the preparation of this enzyme, shows that the conditions provided for in Directive 70/524/EEC for provisional authorisation are satisfied.
(9)
This enzyme preparation should therefore be provisionally authorised for a period of four years.
(10)
The assessment of the application shows that certain procedures should be required to protect workers from exposure to the additives set out in the Annexes. 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 workf3.
(11)
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:
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Footnotes
Contents
1
The preparation belonging to the group ‘Micro-organisms’ as set out in Annex I is authorised for use as additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
2
The preparation belonging to the group ‘Enzymes’ as set out in Annex II is provisionally authorised for use as additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 March 2003.
Signature
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Annex I
No (or EC No) Additive Chemical formula, description Species or category of animal Maximum age Minimum content Maximum content Other provisions End of period of authorisation CFU/kg of complete feedingstuff ‘Micro-organisms E 1702 Saccharomyces cerevisiae
NCYC Sc 47
Preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae containing a minimum of 5 × 109 CFU/g additive Cattle for fattening — 4 × 109 F18 × 10 9 In the directions for use of the additive and the premixture, indicate the storage temperature, storage life and stability to pelletting.
Indicate in the instructions for use: “the quantity of Saccharomyces cerevisae in the daily ration must not exceed 2,5 × 109 CFU for 100 kg of bodyweight and 0,5 × 1010 CFU for each additional 100 kg of bodyweight.”
Without time limit’
Annex II
1 QXU is the amount of enzyme which liberates 1 micromole of reducing sugars (xylose equivalents) from oat xylan per minute at pH 5,1 and 50 °C.
1 QGU is the amount of enzyme which liberates 1 micromole of reducing sugars (glucose equivalents) from barley beta-glucan per minute at pH 4,8 and 50 °C.’
No (or 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 24 Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase
EC 3.2.1.8
Endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase
EC 3.2.1.6
Preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase produced by Aspergillus niger (CNCM I-1517) having a minimum activity of:
Turkeys for fattening — 280 QXU
1 400 QGU
840 QXU
4 200 QGU
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:
560 QXU
2 800 QGU.
3.
For use in compound feed rich in non-starch polysaccharides (mainly arabinoxylans and beta-glucans), e.g. containing more than 20 % wheat and/or barley.
28.2.2007