Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1196 of 25 April 2024 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of a preparation of Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 19455 as a feed additive for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 774/2013

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2024/1196 26.4.2024 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/1196 of 25 April 2024 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of a preparation of Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 19455 as a feed additive for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 774/2013 (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 2003on 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 and renewing such authorisation.

(2) The preparation of Lentilactobacillus buchneri (previously identified as Lactobacillus kefiri) DSM 19455 was authorised for a period of 10 years as a feed additive for all animal species by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 774/2013(2).

(3) In accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the renewal of the authorisation of the preparation of Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 19455 as a feed additive for all animal species, requesting the additive to be classified in the additive category ‘technological additives’ and in the functional group ‘silage additives’. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 27 September 2023(3) that the preparation of Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 19455 remains safe for all animal species, the consumers and the environment under the conditions of use currently authorised. It also concluded that the preparation of Lentilacto­ bacillus buchneri DSM 19455 tested with inulin as a carrier is not irritant to skin and eyes but that it should be considered a respiratory sensitiser. The Authority could not conclude on the skin sensitisation potential of the additive. It also indicated that there is no need for assessing the efficacy of the additive as the application for renewal of its authorisation does not include a proposal for amending or supplementing the conditions of the original authorisation which would have an impact on the efficacy of the additive.

(5) The Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 considered that the conclusions and recommendations reached in the assessment carried out regarding the method of analysis of the preparation of Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 19455 as a feed additive in the context of the previous authorisation are valid and applicable for the current application. In accordance with Article 5(4), point (c), of Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005(4), an evaluation report of the Reference Laboratory is therefore not required.

(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2003/1831/oj.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 774/2013 of 12 August 2013 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Lactobacillus kefiri DSM 19455 as a feed additive for all animal species (OJ L 217, 13.8.2013, p. 30, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/ reg_impl/2013/774/oj).

(3) EFSA Journal 2023;21(10):8352.

(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005 of 4 March 2005 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the duties and tasks of the Community Reference Laboratory concerning applications for authorisations of feed additives (OJ L 59, 5.3.2005, p. 8, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/ 2005/378/oj).

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(6) In view of the above, the Commission considers that the preparation of Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 19455 satisfies the conditions provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Accordingly, the authorisation of that additive should be renewed. In addition, the Commission considers that appropriate protective measures should be taken to prevent adverse effects on the health of the users of the additive. Those protective measures should be without prejudice to other workers’ safety requirements under Union law.

(7) As a consequence of the renewal of the authorisation of the preparation of Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 19455 as a feed additive, Implementing Regulation (EU) No 774/2013 should be repealed.

(8) Since safety reasons do not require the immediate application of the modifications to the conditions of authorisation of the preparation of Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 19455, it is appropriate to provide for a transitional period for interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements resulting from the renewal of the authorisation.

(9) 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 Renewal of the authorisation The authorisation of the preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘silage additives’, is renewed subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2 Repeal of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 774/2013 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 774/2013 is repealed.

Article 3 Transitional measures The preparation specified in the Annex and feed containing it, which are produced and labelled before 16 May 2025 in accordance with the rules applicable before 16 May 2024 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

Article 4 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1196/ojEN OJ L, 26.4.2024 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 April 2024.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1196/oj 3/4ANNEX Mini- Maxi- Identifica- mum mum tion Species or Composition, chemical formula, description, Maxi- content content End of period of number of Additive category of Other provisions analytical method mum age authorisation the feed animal CFU/kg of fresh additive material

Category: technological additives. Functional group: silage additives 1k20742 Lentilactoba­ Additive composition All animal — — 1. In the directions for use of the additive 16 May 2034 cillus buchneri Preparation of Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM species and premixtures, the storage condi­ DSM 19455 19455 containing a minimum of 1 × 1010 tions shall be indicated.

CFU/g additive 2. Minimum content of the additive when it is not used in combination Solid form with other micro-organisms as silage

additives: 5 × 107 CFU/kg fresh materi­ Characterisation of the active substance al.

Viable cells of Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM

3. The additive shall be used in easy and 19455 moderately difficult to ensile fresh ma­ terial(2).

Analytical method(1)

4. For users of the additive and premix­ Enumeration in the feed additive of Lentilacto­ tures, feed business operators shall es­ bacillus buchneri DSM 19455: tablish operational procedures and or­ ganisational measures to address — Spread plate method using MRS Agar (EN potential risks resulting from their

15787) use. Where those risks cannot be elimi­ Identification of Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM nated by such procedures and mea­ 19455: sures, the additive and premixtures shall be used with personal skin and — Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) – breathing protective equipment.

CEN/TS 17697 or DNA sequencing meth­ ods

(1) Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/eurl-fa-eurl-feed-additives/eurl-fa-authorisation/eurl-fa- evaluation-reports_en.

(2) Easy to ensile forage: 3 % soluble carbohydrates in fresh material; moderately difficult to ensile forage: 1,5-3,0 % soluble carbohydrates in the fresh material in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/2008 of 25 April 2008on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the preparation and the presentation of applications and the assessment and the authorisation of feed additives (OJ L 133, 22.5.2008, p. 1).

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