Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/366 of 16 February 2023 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of a preparation of Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737 as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, chickens reared for laying and minor poultry species except for laying purposes, its authorisation for ornamental birds, amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 306/2013, Implementing Regulation (EU) No 787/2013, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1020, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2276 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 107/2010 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 885/2011 (holder of authorisation Kemin Europa N.V.) (Text with EEA relevance)

The authorisation of the preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘gut flora stabilisers’ is renewed for chickens for fattening, chickens reared for laying and minor poultry species except for laying purposes, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

The authorisation of the preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘gut flora stabilisers’ is authorised for ornamental birds, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 306/2013 is amended as follows: (1) In the title, the words ‘Bacillus subtilis (ATCC PTA-6737)’ are replaced by the words ‘Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737’. (2) In the third column of the Annex, ‘Additive’, the words ‘Bacillus subtilis (ATCC PTA-6737)’ are replaced by the words ‘Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737’; (3) In the fourth column of the Annex, ‘Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method’, the words ‘Bacillus subtilis (ATCC PTA-6737)’ are replaced by the words ‘Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737’.

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 787/2013 is amended as follows: (1) In the title, the words ‘Bacillus subtilis (ATCC PTA-6737)’ are replaced by the words ‘Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737’; (2) In the third column of the Annex, ‘Additive’, the words ‘Bacillus subtilis (ATCC PTA-6737)’ are replaced by the words ‘Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737’; (3) In the fourth column of the Annex, ‘Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method’, the words ‘Bacillus subtilis (ATCC PTA-6737)’ are replaced by the words ‘Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737’.

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1020 is amended as follows: (1) In the title, the words ‘Bacillus subtilis (ATCC PTA-6737)’ are replaced by the words ‘Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737’; (2) In the third column of the Annex, ‘Additive’, the words ‘Bacillus subtilis ATCC PTA-6737’ are replaced by the words ‘Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737’; (3) In the fourth column of the Annex, ‘Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method’, the words ‘Bacillus subtilis (ATCC PTA-6737)’ are replaced by the words ‘Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737’.

1 In the title, the words ‘Bacillus subtilis (ATCC PTA-6737)’ are replaced by the words ‘Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737’;

2 In the third column of the Annex, ‘Additive’, the words ‘Bacillus subtilis ATCC PTA-6737’ are replaced by the words ‘Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737’;

3 In the fourth column of the Annex, ‘Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method’, the words ‘Bacillus subtilis (ATCC PTA-6737)’ are replaced by the words ‘Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737’.

Regulation (EU) No 107/2010 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 885/2011 are repealed.

1 The preparation specified in the Annex, as well as in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 306/2013, Implementing Regulation (EU) No 787/2013, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1020 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2276, and premixtures containing it, which are produced and labelled before 9 September 2023 in accordance with the rules applicable before 9 March 2023 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

2 Compound feed and feed materials containing the preparation specified in the Annex, which are produced and labelled before 9 March 2024 in accordance with the rules applicable before 9 March 2023 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for food-producing animals.

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