11. 8. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 208/15 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 94/40/EC ' of 22 July 1994 amending Council Directive 87/153/EEC fixing guidelines for the assessment of additives in animal nutrition 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 Directive 94/17/EC (3), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof, Whereas Council Directive 70/524/EEC provides for guidelines for the assessment of additives in animal nutri- tion subsequently adopted by Council Directive 87/153/EEC (}) and any amendment thereto in the light of advances in scientific and technical knowledge ; Whereas those guidelines should be supplemented by the establishment of criteria for examining requests for the authorization of enzymes and microorganisms for use as feed additives ; Whereas pursuant to the provisions of Council Directive 93/114/EC (%) it is necessary to include in the Community procedure for the authorization of additives the require- ments of Council Directive 90/220/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the deliberate release into the environment of geneti- cally modified organisms (%), as amended by Commission Directive 94/15/EC (%) for a specific environmental-risk evaluation, in order that they may be applicable to all additives containing or consisting of genetically modified- organisms ; whereas as a consequence, it is appropriate to amend Directive 87/153/EEC in order to comply with the requirements of Directive 90/220/EEC ; Whereas, since numerous amendments have been made, it appears useful to provide a consolidation of the guide- lines in the Annex to this Directive ; () OJ No L 270, 14. 12. 1970, p. 1. () OJ No L 105, 26. 4. 1994, p. 19. () O No L 64, 7. 3. 1987, p. 19. () OJ No L 334, 31. 12. 1993, p. 24. () OJ No L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 15. () OJ No L 103, 22. 4. 1994, p. 20. Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 “The Annex to Directive 87/153/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Directive. Article 2 Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 October 1994 at the latest. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accom- panied by such reference at the time of their official pub- lication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States. ' _ Article 3 This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of-its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 22 July 1994. For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission