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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-316/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2003/316",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-316",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 316/2003\nof 19 February 2003\nconcerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs, as last amended by Commission Directive 2003/7/EC, and in particular Articles 3, 9d, and 9e thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 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.\n(2)\nNew 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.\n(3)\nThe 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.\n(4)\nThat micro-organism preparation may therefore be authorised for an unlimited period.\n(5)\nDirective 70/524/EEC provides that a new use of an additive already authorised requires a Community authorisation.\n(6)\nDirective 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.\n(7)\nNew 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.\n(8)\nThe 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.\n(9)\nThis enzyme preparation should therefore be provisionally authorised for a period of four years.\n(10)\nThe 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 work.\n(11)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 22, 25.1.2003, p. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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