(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.

(2)

The use of the preparation of 6-phytase, produced by Aspergillus niger (DSM 25770), was authorised for 10 years for chickens for fattening or reared for laying by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/338 (2).

(3)

The holder of the authorisation has since proposed changing the terms of the authorisation of that preparation by reducing its minimum content from 750 FTU/kg to 125 FTU/kg of feed. The application was accompanied by the relevant supporting data. The Commission forwarded that application to the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’).

(4)

The Authority concluded in its opinion of 23 January 2019 (3) that, under the new proposed conditions of use, the preparation of 6-phytase, produced by Aspergillus niger (DSM 25770), has the potential to be efficacious at the requested minimum dose of 125 FTU/kg of feed on chickens for fattening and that this conclusion can be extended to chickens reared for laying/breeding. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(5)

The assessment of the preparation of 6-phytase, produced by Aspergillus niger (DSM 25770), shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that preparation should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.

(6)

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/338 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,