Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/38 of 13 January 2015 concerning the authorisation of the preparation of Lactobacillus acidophilus CECT 4529 as a feed additive for laying hens and amending Regulation (EC) No 1520/2007 (holder of authorisation Centro Sperimentale del Latte) (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 38)

Article 1 U.K. Authorisation

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘gut flora stabilisers’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2 U.K. Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2007

Regulation (EC) No 1520/2007 is amended as follows:

(1)

Article 4 is deleted.

(2)

Annex IV is deleted.

Article 3 U.K. Transitional measures

The preparation specified in the Annex and feed containing that preparation, which are produced and labelled before 3 September 2015 in accordance with the rules applicable before 3 March 2015 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

Article 4 U.K. Entry into force

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, 13 January 2015.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker