30.9.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 257/7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 910/2009 of 29 September 2009 concerning the authorisation of a new use of the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisitee CNCM 1-1077 as a feed additive for horses (holder of authorisation Lallemand SAS) (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the auth- orisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such auth- orisation. (2)  This Regulation authorises a new use of the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiee CNCM 1-1077 as a feed additive for horses. (3)  In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the auth- orisation of the preparation set out in the Annex to this Regulation. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. (4)  The European Food Safety Authority (the Authority) performed the risk assessment in accordance with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. (5)  The application concerns the authorisation of a new use of the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisite CNCM I- 1077 as a feed additive for horses, to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives'. () O] L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. (6)  The use of that preparation has been authorised for 10 years by Commission Regulation (EC) No 226/2007 () for dairy goats and sheep and for 10 years by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1293/2008 (}) for lambs. (7)  New data were submitted in support of the application for authorisation for horses. The Authority concluded in its opinions of 12 September 2006 (4) and 1 April 2009 (°) that the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM [-1077 does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment and that the use of that preparation can have a significant benefit for fibre digestion. The Authority did 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 Community Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. (8)  The assessment of that preparation shows that the conditions for authorisation, provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that preparation should be auth- orised, as specified in the Annex to this Regulation. (9)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 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. 2) O] L 64, 2.3.2007, p. 26. () O () OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 38. () The EFSA Journal (2006) 385, p. 1. (°) The EFSA Journal (2009) 1040, p. 1.