
Article 1 
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘digestibility enhancers’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 3 November 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

Identification number of the additive Name of the holder of authorisation Additive Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method Species or category of animal Maximum age Minimum content Maximum content Other provisions End of period of authorisation
Units of activity/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
Category of zootechnical additives. Functional group: digestibility enhancers
4a8 Roal Oy Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase EC 3.2.1.8 
 Additive composition
Preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Trichoderma reesei (CBS 114044) having a minimum activity of:
 solid form: 4 × 106 BXU /g
 liquid form: 4 × 105 BXU/g
 Characterisation of the active substance
endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Trichoderma reesei (CBS 114044)
 Analytical method
In the additive and the premixture: reducing sugar assay for endo-1,4-beta-xylanase by colorimetric reaction of dinitrosalicylic acid reagent on reducing sugar yield at pH 5,3 and 50 °C
In the feedingstuffs: colorimetric method measuring water soluble dye released by the enzyme from azurine crosslinked wheat arabinoxylan substrate Minor poultry species other than laying birds thereof — 8 000 BXU — 
1.. In the directions for use of the additive and premixture, indicate the storage temperature, storage life, and stability to pelleting.
2.. For safety: breathing protection, glasses and gloves shall be used during handling. 24 November 2021
Laying hens and laying birds of minor poultry species 24 000 BXU
Pigs for fattening 24 000 BXU

