27.4.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 108/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 866/1999 of 26 April 1999 concerning the authorisation of new additives and new additive uses in feeding- THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 ('), as last amended by Directive 1999/20/EC (3, and in particular Articles 3 and 9j thereof, (1)  Whereas Directive 70/524/EEC provides that new additives or new additive uses may be authorised, taking account of advances in scientific and tech- nical knowledge; (2) Whereas Council Directive 93/113/EC of 14 December 1993 concerning the use and the marketing of enzymes, micro-organisms and their preparations in animal nutrition (%), as last amended by Directive 97/40/EC (*), by derogation from Directive 70/524/EEC, authorised Member States to permit provisionally the use and marketing of enzymes, micro-organisms and their preparations; (3)  Whereas the examination of the dossiers, submitted by the Member States in accordance with Article 3 of Directive 93/113/EC, indicates that a certain number of preparations belonging to the groups of enzymes and micro-organisms can be provisionally authorised; 4) Whereas the Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition has delivered a favourable opinion with regard to the harmlessness of these preparations; (5  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula- tion are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The preparations belonging to the group ‘enzymes’ and listed in Annex I to this Regulation may be authorised according to Directive 70/524/EEC as additives in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex. Article 2 The preparations belonging to the group ‘micro-orga- nisms’” and listed in Annex II to this Regulation may be authorised according to Directive 70/524/EEC as addi- tives in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 April 1999. () OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1. () OJ L 80, 25.3.1999, p. 20. () OJ L 334, 31.12.1993, p. 17. * OJL 4 180, 9.7.1997, p. 21. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission