title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1907 of 18 October 2017 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Lactobacillus plantarum (KKP/593/p and KKP/788/p) and Lactobacillus buchneri (KKP/907/p) as a feed additive for cattle and sheep (Text with EEA relevance. )

text:
                  19.10.2017

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 269/36

            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1907
      of 18 October 2017
      concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Lactobacillus plantarum (KKP/593/p and KKP/788/p) and Lactobacillus buchneri (KKP/907/p) as a feed additive for cattle and sheep
      (Text with EEA relevance)
      THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
      Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
      Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
      Whereas:

                  (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 such authorisation.

                  (2)

                  In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 an application was submitted for the authorisation of a preparation of two strains of Lactobacillus plantarum (KKP/593/p and KKP/788/p) and of Lactobacillus buchneri (KKP/907/p). That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

                  (3)

                  That application concerns the authorisation of the preparation of Lactobacillus plantarum (KKP/593/p and KKP/788/p) and Lactobacillus buchneri (KKP/907/p) as a feed additive for cattle and sheep to be classified in the additive category ‘technological additives’.

                  (4)

                  The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 4 December 2013 (2) that, under the proposed conditions of use, the preparation of Lactobacillus plantarum (KKP/593/p and KKP/788/p) and Lactobacillus buchneri (KKP/907/p) does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment. The Authority also concluded that the preparation concerned has the potential to improve the production of silage from easy, moderately difficult and difficult to ensile forage materials. 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 the preparation of Lactobacillus plantarum (KKP/593/p and KKP/788/p) and Lactobacillus buchneri (KKP/907/p) 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 preparation should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.

                  (6)

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

            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
      Article 1
      The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘silage additives’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
      Article 2
      This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
         Done at Brussels, 18 October 2017.

               For the Commission

               The President

            Jean-Claude JUNCKER

         (1)  OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.

         (2)  EFSA Journal 2014; 12(1):3529.

         ANNEX

                     Identification number of the additive

                     Additive

                     Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method

                     Species or category of animal

                     Maximum age

                     Minimum content

                     Maximum content

                     Other provisions

                     End of period of authorisation

                     CFU of additive/kg of fresh material

                        Technological additives: silage additives

                     1k20754

                        Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/593/p

                        Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/788/p

                        Lactobacillus buchneri KKP/907/p

                        Additive composition

                     Preparation of Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/593/p, Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/788/p and Lactobacillus buchneri KKP/907/p containing a minimum of 1 × 109 CFU/g additive, with a ration of 4:4:1 (Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/593/p: Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/788/p: Lactobacillus buchneri KKP/907/p)

                        Characterisation of the active substance

                     Viable cells of Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/593/p, Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/788/p and Lactobacillus buchneri KKP/907p.

                        Analytical method
                         (1)

                     Enumeration in the feed additive: spread plate method on MRS agar (EN 15787).
                     Identification of the feed additive: Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE).

                     Cattle
                     Sheep

                     —

                     —

                     —

                                 1.

                                 In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions shall be indicated.

                                 2.

                                 Minimum content of the additive when used without combination with other micro-organisms as silage additives: 1 × 108 CFU/kg of fresh material.

                                 3.

                                 For users of the additive and premixtures, feed business operators shall establish operational procedures and organisational measures to address potential risks resulting from their use. Where those risks cannot be eliminated or reduced to a minimum by such procedures and measures, the additive and premixtures shall be used with personal protective equipment, including breathing protection.

                     8 November 2027

            (1)  Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/eurl/feed-additives/evaluation-reports


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/295 of 1 March 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

text:
               2.3.2016

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 55/12

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/295
   of 1 March 2016
   establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),
   Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.

               (2)

               The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 1 March 2016.

            For the Commission,

            On behalf of the President,

         Jerzy PLEWA

            Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

      (2)  OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1.

      ANNEX

         Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

                  (EUR/100 kg)

                  CN code

                  Third country code (1)

                  Standard import value

                  0702 00 00

                  EG

                  371,5

                  IL

                  211,0

                  MA

                  89,4

                  SN

                  149,8

                  TN

                  116,3

                  TR

                  104,6

                  ZZ

                  173,8

                  0707 00 05

                  JO

                  206,0

                  MA

                  83,0

                  TR

                  167,7

                  ZZ

                  152,2

                  0709 93 10

                  MA

                  42,9

                  TR

                  147,6

                  ZZ

                  95,3

                  0805 10 20

                  EG

                  46,4

                  IL

                  75,8

                  MA

                  48,5

                  TN

                  52,2

                  TR

                  62,7

                  ZZ

                  57,1

                  0805 50 10

                  MA

                  74,1

                  TN

                  91,8

                  TR

                  94,0

                  ZZ

                  86,6

                  0808 10 80

                  CL

                  93,7

                  US

                  106,0

                  ZZ

                  99,9

                  0808 30 90

                  CL

                  168,0

                  CN

                  90,6

                  ZA

                  104,3

                  ZZ

                  121,0

         (1)  Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.