L 64/26 Official Journal of the European Union 2.3.2007 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 226/2007 of 1 March 2007 concerning the authorisation of Saccharomyces cerevisisee CNCM I-1077 (Levucell SC20 and Levucell SC10 ME) as a feed additive (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (5)  New data were submitted in support of an application 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 author- isation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such author- isation. () In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of the preparation set out in the Annex. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of that Regulation. (3)  The application concerns a new use of the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiee CNCM [-1077 (Levucell SC20, Levucell SC10 ME), as a feed additive for dairy goats and dairy sheep, to be classified in the additive category ‘Zootechnical additives'. (4)  The use of Saccharomyces cerevisiee CNCM 1-1077 was authorised without a time limit for dairy cows and cattle for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 12002005 (2). () 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). () OJ L 195, 27.7.2005, p. 6. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1445/2006 (O] L 271, 30.9.2006, p. 22). for authorisation for dairy goats and dairy sheep. The European Food Safety Authority (the Authority) concluded in its opinion of 15 June 2006 that Sacchar- omyces cerevisiee CNCM 1-1077 (Levucell SC20, Levucell SC10 ME) does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment. It further concluded that Saccharomyces cerevisiie: CNCM 1-1077 (Levucell SC20, Levucell SC10 ME) does not present any other risk which would, in accordance with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, exclude author- isation. According to that opinion, the use of the preparation does not have an adverse effect on these additional animal categories. The Authority does 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. (6)  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 authorised, as specified in the Annex to this Regulation. (7)  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 ‘gut flora stabilisers’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex. Atrticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.