
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 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, 31 July 2018.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
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
4a 28 Kaesler Nutrition GmbH Endo-1,4-beta-xylanaseEC 3.2.1.8Endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanaseEC 3.2.1.6 
Preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase produced by Komagataella pastoris (CBS 25376) and Komagataella pastoris (CBS 26469) having a minimum activity of:

25 000 LXU/g and 2 200 LGU/g

Solid and liquid form.

endo-1,4-beta-xylanase and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase produced by Komagataella pastoris (CBS 25376) and Komagataella pastoris (CBS 26469)

Determination in the feed additive, premixtures and feedingstuffs of xylanase


— colorimetric method based on the quantification of water soluble dyed fragments produced by the action of endo-1,4-β-xylanase on cross-linked wheat arabinoxylan.

Determination in the feed additive, premixtures and feedingstuffs of endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase:


— colorimetric method based on the quantification of water soluble dyed fragments produced by the action of endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase on cross-linked azo-barley-glucan.
 Chickens for fatteningChickens reared for laying — 4 250 LXU375 LGU — 
1.. In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions and stability to heat treatment shall be indicated.
2.. For use in weaned piglets up to 35 kg of body weight.
3.. For users of the additive and premixtures, feed business operators shall establish operational procedures and organisational measures to address potential risks 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. 21.8.2028
Turkeys for fatteningAll avian species reared for laying or for breeding purposes other than chickens reared for laying 1 400 LXU120 LGU
Piglets (weaned)Minor porcine species (weaned) 700 LXU60 LGU


