L 256/28 Official Journal of the European Union 29.9.2009 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 904/2009 of 28 September 2009 concerning the authorisation of guanidinoacetic acid as a feed additive for chickens for fattening (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 18312003 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 au- thorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such au- thorisation. (2)  In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the au- thorisation 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. (3)  The application concerns the authorisation of guanidi- noacetic acid (CAS No 352-97-6) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, to be classified in the additive category ‘nutritional additives and the functional group amino acids their salts and analogues’. (4)  From the opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (the Authority) of 3 March 2009 (3 it results that guanidinoacetic acid (CAS No 352-97-6) does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health and the environment. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market moni- toring. 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. (5)  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 au- thorised, as specified in the Annex to this Regulation. (6)  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 ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘amino acids, their salts and analogues, 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 20th day following 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, 28 September 20009. () OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. (%) The EFSA Journal (2009) 988, p. 1. For the Commission Androulla VASSILIOU Member of the Commission