Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1161 of 22 April 2024 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of a preparation of Enterococcus lactis NCIMB 10415 as a feed additive for certain animal species, the authorisation of that preparation as a feed additive for certain other animal species (holder of authorisation: DSM Nutritional Products Ltd.), amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1061/2013 and repealing Implementing Regulations (EU) No 361/2011, (EU) 2015/518 and (EU) 2019/11

The authorisation of the ‘micro-encapsulated form’ and the ‘micro-encapsulated form with shellac’ of the preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘gut flora stabilisers’, for use in feed for chickens for fattening and reared for laying and minor poultry species for fattening and reared for laying, as well as of the ‘micro-encapsulated form’, the ‘micro-encapsulated form with shellac’ and the ‘non-coated granulated form’ of that preparation for use in feed for calves for rearing and for fattening, kids for rearing and for fattening, sows, suckling piglets, weaned piglets and pigs for fattening, is renewed subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

The ‘non-coated granulated form’ of 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 for use in feed for chickens for fattening and reared for laying and minor poultry species for fattening and reared for laying, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex. The ‘micro-encapsulated form’, the ‘micro-encapsulated form with shellac’ and the ‘non-coated granulated form’ of that preparation are authorised as an additive in animal nutrition for use in feed for chickens reared for breeding, turkeys for fattening and reared for breeding, minor poultry species reared for breeding, ornamental birds, lambs for rearing and for fattening, minor ruminant species for rearing and for fattening, and all categories of minor porcine species, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex. The ‘micro-encapsulated form’ and the ‘non-coated granulated form’ of that preparation are authorised as an additive in animal nutrition for use in water for drinking for all poultry species for fattening, reared for laying and reared for breeding, ornamental birds, sows of all Suidae species, suckling and weaned piglets of all Suidae species, pigs for fattening of all Suidae species, calves for rearing and for fattening, kids for rearing and for fattening, lambs for rearing and for fattening, and minor ruminant species for rearing and for fattening, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

In the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1061/2013, the first entry 4b1705 relating to calves and kids is deleted.

Implementing Regulations (EU) No 361/2011, (EU) 2015/518 and (EU) 2019/11 are repealed.

1 The ‘micro-encapsulated form’ and the ‘micro-encapsulated form with shellac’ of the preparation specified in the Annex and premixtures containing those forms of that preparation, which are intended for use in feed for chickens for fattening and reared for laying and minor poultry species for fattening and reared for laying, as well as the ‘micro-encapsulated form’, the ‘micro-encapsulated form with shellac’ and the ‘non-coated granulated form’ of that preparation and premixtures containing those forms of that preparation, which are intended for use in feed for calves for rearing and for fattening, kids for rearing and for fattening, sows, suckling piglets, weaned piglets and pigs for fattening, and which are produced and labelled before 13 November 2024 in accordance with the rules applicable before 13 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 ‘micro-encapsulated form’ or the ‘micro-encapsulated form with shellac’ of the preparation specified in the Annex and premixtures containing those forms of that preparation, which are intended for use in feed for chickens for fattening and reared for laying and minor poultry species for fattening and reared for laying, as well as containing the ‘micro-encapsulated form’, the ‘micro-encapsulated form with shellac’ or the ‘non-coated granulated form’ of that preparation, which are intended for use in feed for calves for rearing and for fattening, kids for rearing and for fattening, sows, suckling piglets, weaned piglets and pigs for fattening, and which are produced and labelled before 13 May 2025 in accordance with the rules applicable before 13 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.