L 256/14 Official Journal of the European Union 2.10.2007 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1140/2007 of 1 October 2007 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (4)  Initial comments on this application, as provided for in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC  of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (1), and in particular Articles 3, and 9e(1) thereof, 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 (3, and in particular Article 25 thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the author- isation of additives for use in animal nutrition. (2)  Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 lays down transitional measures for applications for the author- isation of feed additives submitted in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. (3)  The application for the authorisation of a new use of the additive listed in the Annex to this Regulation was submitted before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. () O] L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1800/2004 (O] L 317, 16.10.2004, p. 37). (®» O] L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005 (O] L 59, 5.3.2005, p. 8). Article 4(4) of Directive 70/524/EEC, were forwarded to the Commission before the date of application of Regu- lation (EC) No 1831/2003. This application is therefore to continue to be treated in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 70/524/EEC. (5)  The use of the enzyme preparation endo-1,3(4)-beta- glucanase produced by Aspergillus aculeatus (CBS 589.94),  endo-1,4-beta-glucanase  produced by Trichoderma longibrachiatum (CBS 592.94), alpha-amylase produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (DSM 9553), bacil- lolysin produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (DSM 9554) and endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Trichoderma viride (NIBH FERM BP 4842) was authorised without a time limit for chickens for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 358/2005 (3). (6)  New data were submitted in support of an application for authorisation for four years of that preparation for laying hens. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) delivered its opinion on that use on 18 April 2007. The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 9e(1) of Directive 70/524[EEC for such author- isation are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that preparation, as specified in Annex to this Regulation, should be provisionally authorised for four years. (7)  The assessment of this application shows that certain procedures should be required to protect workers from exposure to the additives set out in the Annexes. Such protection should be assured by the application of Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (). (8)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, () O] L 57, 3.3.2005, p. 3. (% OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2007/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O L 165, 27.6.2007, p. 21).