10.7.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 182/18

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting and modifying such authorisation.

(2)

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 two applications were submitted for the authorisation of L-valine. These applications were accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(3)

The applications concern the authorisation of L-valine produced by Escherichia coli NITE SD 00066 and L-valine produced by Escherichia coli NITE BP-01755 as a feed additive for all animal species, to be classified in the additive category ‘nutritional additives’.

(4)

The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinions of 9 December 2014 (2) and of 29 April 2015 (3) that, under the proposed conditions of use, the L-valine produced by Escherichia coli NITE SD 00066 and by Escherichia coli NITE BP-01755 does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment and that it is considered an efficacious source of the essential amino acid L-valine for animal nutrition. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(5)

The assessment of that substance shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that substance should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.

(6)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 403/2009 (4), and Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 848/2014 (5) and (EU) No 1236/2014 (6) authorised L-valine as nutritional feed additive. In order to clarify that these additives have the same purity and do not contain residues of the producing microorganisms, their identification number should be harmonised even if they are produced from different microorganisms.

(7)

As a consequence, the requirement to label L-valine in feed materials and compound feed together with the identification number is obsolete.

(8)

Therefore, Regulation (EC) No 403/2009 and Implementing Regulations (EU) No 848/2014 and (EU) No 1236/2014 should be amended accordingly.

(9)

Since safety reasons do not require the immediate application of the modifications to the conditions of authorisation, it is appropriate to allow a transitional period for interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements resulting from the authorisation.

(10)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

(1)

in the first column, the text ‘3c3.7.1’ is replaced by the text ‘3c370’;

(2)

in the ninth column, the second paragraph is deleted.

(1)

in the first column, the text ‘3c369’ is replaced by the text ‘3c370’;

(2)

in the ninth column, the third paragraph is deleted.