23.12.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 347/25 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2786/98 of 22 December 1998 concerning the modification of the period of authorisations of additives referred to in Article 9i(1) of Council Directive 70/524/EEC 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2785/98 (3, and in particular Articles 9j and 3 thereof, Whereas Directive 70/524/EEC provides that new addi- tives or uses of additives may be authorised, taking account of advances in scientific and technical know- ledge; Whereas a provisional authorisation of new additives or uses of additives may be given for a period of five years, if, at the level permitted in feedingstuffs, it does not adversely affect human or animal health or the environ- ment, nor harm the consumer by altering the characteris- tics of livestock product, if its presence in feedingstuffs can be controlled, and it is reasonable to assume, in view of the available results, that it has a favourable effect on the characteristics of those feedingstuffs or on livestock production when incorporated in such feedingstuffs; Whereas research into various additives referred to in Article 9i(1) of Directive 70/524/EEC and transferred to Chapter III of Annex B to this Directive which can accordingly be authorised provisionally at national level until 30 November 1998 has not yet been completed; whereas, therefore, the period of authorisation of these substances should be extended for a determined period,; Whereas the Commission has consulted the Scientific Committee for animal nutrition concerning the author- isation of the antibiotics and the coccidiostats included in the Annex to the present Regulation; whereas this Committee delivered an opinion with regard to the effi- cacy, the safety and the controllability of these substances; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Chapter III of Annex B to Directive 70/524/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regula- tion. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 December 1998. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 1998. () OJ L 270, 14. 12. 1970, p. 1. () See page 21 of this Official Journal. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission