THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition and in particular Article 13(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 634/2007 as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 427/2013 authorises selenomethionine produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC R397 as a feed additive.
(2)
The Commission received an application requesting a modification of the conditions of the authorisation as regards the characterisation of the feed additive. That application was accompanied by the relevant supporting data. The Commission forwarded that application to the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’). The applicant initially requested the inclusion of the selenocysteine content in the characterisation of the additive but finally withdrew this change; thus the application concerns merely an increase of the maximum selenium content in the current authorisation of the additive.
(3)
The Authority concluded in its opinion of 20 October 2016 that the requested modification would not affect the safety and efficacy of the product, recalling the risk for user safety of the product. The current authorisation act contains a provision to adequately address this risk.
(4)
The assessment of the modified preparation shows that it satisfies the conditions for authorisation, provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5)
Regulation (EC) No 634/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant, Animals, Food and Feed,
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