NOTIFICATION
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Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency responsible: European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate-General
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Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (HS code(s): 2309)
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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or countries:
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Title of the notified document: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1382 of 8 August 2022 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Propionibacterium freudenreichii DSM 33189 and Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 12856 as a feed additive for all animal species (Text with EEA relavance). Language(s): English, French and Spanish. Number of pages: 3
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_5416_00_e.pdf
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_5416_00_f.pdf
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_5416_00_s.pdf
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Description of content: Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such an authorisation. In accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of a preparation of Propionibacterium freudenreichii DSM 33189 and Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM12856. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. The application concerns the authorisation of the preparation of Propionibacterium freudenreichii DSM 33189 and Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 12856 as a feed additive for all animal species, to be classified in the additive category 'technological additives'. The European Food Safety Authority ('the Authority') concluded in its opinion of 26 January 2022 that, under the proposed conditions of use, the preparation of Propionibacterium freudenreichii DSM 33189 and Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 12856 does not have an adverse effect on animal health, consumer safety or the environment. It also concluded that the additive is not irritant for eyes and skin but should be considered a respiratory sensitiser and no conclusions could be drawn on the skin sensitisation potential of the additive. Therefore, the Commission considers that appropriate protective measures should be taken to prevent adverse effects on human health, in particular as regards the users of the additive. The Authority also concluded that the preparation concerned has the potential to improve the preservation of nutrients in silage prepared with easy and moderately difficult to ensile material. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additives in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. The assessment of the preparation of Propionibacterium freudenreichii DSM 33189 and Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM12856 shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of the preparation should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
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Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.
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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text): Code of practice on Good Animal Feeding CAC/RCP 54-2004
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number):
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[ ] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?
[X] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 8 August 2022
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 9 August 2022
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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
[X] Trade facilitating measure
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Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e？mail address (if available) of other body:
European Commission
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2-Multilateral International Relations
Rue Froissart 101
B-1049 Brussels
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu
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Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e？mail address (if available) of other body:
