
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, 7 March 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
4a27 BASF SE 6-phytaseEC 3.1.3.26 
Preparation of 6-phytase, produced by Aspergillus niger (DSM 25770) with a minimum content of:

Solid form: 5 000 FTU/g

Liquid form: 5 000 FTU/g

6-phytase produced by Aspergillus. niger (DSM 25770)

For the quantification of phytase activity in the feed additive:


— colorimetric method based on the enzymatic reaction of phytase on the phytate

For the quantification of phytase activity in premixtures:


— colorimetric method based on the enzymatic reaction of phytase on the phytate — VDLUFA 27.1.3

For the quantification of phytase activity in feedingstuffs:


— colorimetric method based on the enzymatic reaction of phytase on the phytate — EN ISO 30024
 Pigs for fatteningSowsMinor porcine species for fattening or for reproduction — 100 FTU  
1. In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions and stability to heat treatment shall be indicated.

2. 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.

3. For use in weaned piglets up to 35 kg.
 28.3.2028
Weaned piglets 125 FTU
Chickens for fatteningChickens reared for laying 750 FTU
Turkeys for fatteningTurkeys reared for breedingAll other avian species (excluding laying birds) 125 FTU

