Commission Regulation (EC) No 773/2006 of 22 May 2006 concerning the provisional and permanent authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EC) No 773/2006 · Regulation · 7 articles

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Article 1

The preparation belonging to the group ‘Micro-organisms’, as specified in Annex I, is authorised for four years as additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2

The preparation belonging to the group ‘Enzymes’, as specified in Annex II, is authorised for four years as additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 3

The preparation belonging to the group ‘Enzymes’, as specified in Annex III, is authorised without a time limit as additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Supplementary provisions

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

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 26 Kluyveromyces marxianus-fragilis B0399 MUCL 41579 Preparation of Kluyveromyces marxianus-fragilis B0399 containing a minimum of: Powder and granulated form: 5 × 10 6 CFU/g additive Piglets (weaned) — 6 × 10 6 6 × 10 6 In the directions for use of the additive and premixture, indicate the storage temperature, storage life, and stability to pelleting. For use in weaned piglets until approximately 35 kg. 12 June 2010

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II 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 7 Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase EC 3.2.1.8 Endo-1,4-beta-glucanase EC 3.2.1.4 Preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase and endo-1,4-beta-glucanase produced by Aspergillus niger (CBS 600.94) having a minimum activity of: Coated, solid and granulate forms: Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase: 36 000 FXU ( 1 ) /g Endo-1,4-beta-glucanase: 15 000 BGU ( 2 ) /g Liquid form: Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase: 36 000 FXU/ml Endo-1,4-beta-glucanase: 15 000 BGU/ml Ducks — 6 000 FXU — 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 kg of complete feedingstuff: — 6 000 FXU — 2 500 BGU 3. For use in compound feed rich in non-starch polysaccharides (mainly arabinoxylans and beta-glucans), e.g. containing more than 60 % wheat. 12 June 2010 2 500 BGU — ( 1 ) 1 FXU is the amount of enzyme which liberates 0,15 micromoles of xylose from azurine-cross-linked xylan per minute at pH 5,0 and 40 °C. ( 2 ) 1 BGU is the amount of enzyme which liberates 0,15 micromoles of glucose from azurine-cross-linked beta-glucan per minute at pH 5,0 and 40 °C.

ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions

ANNEX III 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 E 1609 Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase EC 3.2.1.8 Endo-1,4-beta-glucanase EC 3.2.1.4 Preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase and endo-1,4-beta-glucanase produced by Aspergillus niger (CBS 600.94) having a minimum activity of: Granulate forms: Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase: 36 000 FXU ( 1 ) /g Endo-1,4-beta-glucanase: 15 000 BGU ( 2 ) /g Chickens for fattening — 4 860 FXU — 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 kg of complete feedingstuff: — 4 860 -6 000 FXU — 2 025 -2 500 BGU 3. For use in compound feed rich in non-starch polysaccharides (mainly arabinoxylans and beta-glucans), e.g. containing more than 35 % barley and 20 % wheat. Without a time limit 2 025 BGU — Turkeys for fattening — 6 000 FXU — 1. In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, indicate the storage temperature, storage life, and stability to pelleting. 2. Recommended dose per kg of complete feedingstuff: — 6 000 FXU — 2 500 BGU 3. For use in compound feed rich in non-starch polysaccharides (mainly arabinoxylans and beta-glucans), e.g. containing more than 40 % wheat. Without a time limit 2 500 BGU — Piglets (weaned) — 6 000 FXU — 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 kg of complete feedingstuff: — 6 000 FXU — 2 500 BGU 3. For use in compound feed rich in non-starch polysaccharides (mainly arabinoxylans and beta-glucans), e.g. containing more than 30 % wheat and 30 % barley. 4. For use in weaned piglets until approximately 35 kg. Without a time limit 2 500 BGU — ( 1 ) 1 FXU is the amount of enzyme which liberates 0,15 micromoles of xylose from azurine-cross-linked xylan per minute at pH 5,0 and 40 °C. ( 2 ) 1 BGU is the amount of enzyme which liberates 0,15 micromoles of glucose from azurine-cross-linked beta-glucan per minute at pH 5,0 and 40 °C.

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