
Article 1 
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘silage additives’, 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 twentieth day following that of 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, 29 May 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Identification number of the additive 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
CFU of additive/kg of fresh material
Technological additives: silage additives
1k20753 Lactobacillus plantarumDSM 29024 
Preparation of Lactobacillus plantarum

DSM 29024 containing a minimum of 8 × 1010 CFU/g additive.

Viable cells of Lactobacillus plantarum DSM 29024.

Enumeration in the feed additive: spread plate method on de Man, Rogosa and Sharpe (MRS) agar (EN 15787).

Identification of the feed additive: Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE).
 All animal species — — — 
1. In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions and stability to heat treatment shall be indicated.

2. Minimum content of the additive when used without combination with other micro-organisms as silage additives: 5 × 107 CFU/kg of easy and moderately difficult to ensile fresh material.

3. For users of the additive and premixtures, feed business operators shall establish operational procedures and organisational measures to address potential risks resulting from their use. Where those risks cannot be eliminated or reduced to a minimum by such procedures and measures, the additive and premixtures shall be used with personal protective equipment, including breathing protection.
 19 June 2027

