Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1054 of 10 April 2024 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Weizmannia faecalis DSM 32016 as a feed additive for use in feed and in water for drinking for all poultry species reared for laying or breeding and for use in water for drinking for all poultry species for fattening, ornamental birds, suckling and weaned Suidae piglets (holder of the authorisation: Biochem Zusatzstoffe Handels- und Produktionsges. mbH), and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1755 as regards the terms of the authorisation of that preparation

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘gut flora stabilisers’, is authorised for use in feed and in water for drinking for all poultry species reared for laying or breeding, as well as in water for drinking for all poultry species for fattening, ornamental birds and suckling and weaned Suidae piglets, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1755 is amended as follows: (1) the title is replaced by the following: ‘Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1755 of 24 November 2020 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Weizmannia faecalis DSM 32016 as a feed additive for suckling and weaned Suidae piglets, poultry species for fattening and ornamental birds (holder of authorisation Biochem Zusatzstoffe Handels- und Produktionsges. mbH)’; (2) the Annex is amended as follows: (a) in the column ‘Additive’, the expression ‘Bacillus coagulans DSM 32016’ is replaced by ‘Weizmannia faecalis DSM 32016’; (b) in the column ‘Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method’, and in the sections ‘Additive composition’ and ‘Characterisation of the active substance’ thereof, the expression ‘Bacillus coagulans DSM 32016’ is replaced by ‘Weizmannia faecalis DSM 32016’; (c) in the column ‘Other provisions’, points 2 and 3 are replaced by the following: ‘2. The additive may be used simultaneously with the following coccidiostats, in accordance with their respective conditions of authorisation as feed additives: halofuginone, diclazuril, monensin sodium, robenidine hydrochloride, salinomycin sodium, a combination of monensin sodium with nicarbazin. 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 by such procedures and measures, the additive and premixtures shall be used with personal breathing and skin protective equipment.’

1 The preparation specified in the Annex and premixtures containing that preparation, which are intended for use in feed for suckling and weaned Suidae piglets, poultry species for fattening and ornamental birds, and which are produced and labelled before 1 November 2024 in accordance with the rules applicable before 1 May 2024 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 intended for suckling and weaned Suidae piglets, poultry species for fattening and ornamental birds, and which are produced and labelled before 1 May 2025 in accordance with the rules applicable before 1 May 2024 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.