Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1053 of 1 July 2015 concerning the authorisation of the preparation of Enterococcus faecium DSM 10663/NCIMB 10415 as a feed additive for calves for rearing, piglets, chickens for fattening, turkeys for fattening, cats and dogs and amending Regulations (EC) No 1259/2004, (EC) No 255/2005, (EC) No 1200/2005 and (EC) No 1520/2007 (holder of authorisation Chevita Tierarzneimittel-GmbH) (Text with EEA relevance)

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘gut flora stabilisers’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Regulation (EC) No 1259/2004 is amended as follows: (1) Article 1 is deleted. (2) Annex I is deleted.

In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 255/2005, the entry on E 1707, Enterococcus faecium DSM 10663/NCIMB 10415, is deleted.

In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1200/2005, the entry on E 1707, Enterococcus faecium DSM 10663/NCIMB 10415, is deleted.

Regulation (EC) No 1520/2007 is amended as follows: (1) Articles 2 and 3 are deleted. (2) Annexes II and III are deleted.

1 The preparation specified in the Annex and feed containing that preparation, which are produced and labelled before 22 January 2016 in accordance with the rules applicable before 22 July 2015 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for calves, piglets, chickens for fattening and turkeys for fattening.

2 The preparation specified in the Annex and feed containing that preparation, which are produced and labelled [for dogs] before 22 July 2017 in accordance with the rules applicable before 22 July 2015 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for dogs.

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