BAKGRUNN (fra kommisjonsforordningen)

(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) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of L-arginine produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum CGMCC 20516. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(3) The application concerns the authorisation of L-arginine produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum CGMCC 20516 as a feed additive for all animal species, to be classified in the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and in the functional group ‘amino acids, their salts and analogues’.

(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 29 June 2022 that, under the proposed conditions of use, L-arginine produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum CGMCC 20516 does not have an adverse effect on consumer safety or the environment, or on animal health when supplemented in appropriate amounts to the diet according to the nutritional needs of the target species and when nutritional imbalances caused by the simultaneous administration of L-arginine via water for drinking and feed are prevented.