Commission Regulation (EC) No 496/2007 of 4 May 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 600/2005 as regards the introduction of a maximum residue limit for the feed additive Salinomax 120G , belonging to the group of coccidiostats and other medicinal substances (Text with EEA relevance )
Commission Regulation (EC) No 496/2007of 4 May 2007amending Regulation (EC) No 600/2005 as regards the introduction of a maximum residue limit for the feed additive Salinomax 120G, belonging to the group of coccidiostats and other medicinal substances(Text with EEA relevance)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,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 nutritionOJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005 (OJ L 59, 5.3.2005, p. 8)., and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,Whereas:(1)The additive salinomycin sodium (Salinomax 120G) was authorised under certain conditions in accordance with Council Directive 70/524/EECOJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1800/2004 (OJ L 317, 16.10.2004, p. 37).. Commission Regulation (EC) No 600/2005OJ L 99, 19.4.2005, p. 5. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2028/2006 (OJ L 414, 30.12.2006, p. 26). authorised that additive for 10 years for use for chickens for fattening, linking the authorisation to the person responsible for putting that additive into circulation. That additive was entered into the Community Register of Feed Additives.(2)Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the possibility of modifying the authorisation of an additive further to a request from the holder of the authorisation and an opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (the Authority). The holder of the authorisation of the additive salinomycin sodium (Salinomax 120G) has submitted an application which proposes changing the conditions of the authorisation by introducing a maximum residue limit (MRL) as evaluated by the Authority.(3)In its opinion adopted on 26 January 2005Update of the Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed on a new request from the Commission related to the safety of "Bio-Cox®120G" based on Salinomycin sodium as a feed additive in accordance with Council Directive 70/524/EEC (Article 4g). Adopted on 26 January 2005, The EFSA Journal (2005) 170, p. 1-4., the Authority proposed to establish an MRL for the active substance concerned. It may be necessary to review that MRL in the light of the results of a future evaluation of that active substance by the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products.(4)Regulation (EC) No 600/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: