Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1896 of 17 October 2017 concerning the authorisation of a preparation o endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.6) and endo-1,4-beta-xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8) produced by Aspergillus niger (NRRL 25541) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, laying hens, pigs for fattening, minor poultry species and minor porcine species for fattening and amending Regulation (EC) No 255/2005 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 668/2003 (holder of the authorisation Andrés Pintaluba S.A.) (Text with EEA relevance. )

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

In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 255/2005, entry E 1601 on endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase EC 3.2.1.6 and endo-1,4-beta-xylanase EC 3.2.1.8 is deleted.

Regulation (EC) No 668/2003 is repealed.

The preparation specified in the Annex, and feed containing that preparation, which are produced and labelled before 7 May 2018 in accordance with the rules applicable before 7 November 2017 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

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