
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 
In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 255/2005, the entry EC No: 1614(i), additive: 6-phytase EC 3.1.3.26, is deleted.
Article 3 
Regulation (EC) No 1500/2007 is repealed.
Article 4 
Pre-mixtures and compound feed containing 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26) produced by Aspergillus oryzae DSM 14223 which are labelled in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC and Regulation (EC) No 255/2005 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
Pre-mixtures and compound feed containing 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26) produced by Aspergillus oryzae DSM 14223 which are labelled in accordance with Regulations (EC) No 1831/2003 and (EC) No 1500/2007 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
Article 5 
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, 23 February 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
4a1641(i) DSM Nutritional Products Ltd represented by DSM Nutritional products Sp. Z o.o 6-phytaseEC 3.1.3.26 
 Additive composition
Preparation of 6-phytase produced by Aspergillus oryzae DSM 14223 having a minimum activity of:
 Solid form: 5 000 FYT/g
 Liquid form: 20 000 FYT/g
 Characterisation of the active substance
6-phytase produced by Aspergillus oryzae DSM 14223
 Analytical method
Colorimetric method based on reaction of vanadomolybdate on inorganic phosphate produced by action of 6-phytase on a phytate-containing substrate (sodium phytate) at pH 5,5 and 37 °C, quantified against a standard curve from inorganic phosphate. Poultry for breeding and for laying — 300 FYT — 
1. In the directions for use of the additive and premixture, indicate the storage temperature, storage life, and stability to pelleting.

2. For use in feed containing more than 0,23 % phytin-bound phosphorus.

3. For safety: breathing protection, glasses and gloves shall be used during handling.
 16 March 2021
Other poultry 250 FYT
Pigs for breeding and minor porcine species for breeding 750 FYT
Other pigs and minor porcine species 500 FYT

