L 370/24 Official Journal of the European Union 17.12.2004 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2148/2004 of 16 December 2004 concerning the permanent and provisional authorisations of certain additives and the authorisation of new uses of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance) 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 (), and in particular Articles 3 and 9d(1) 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 (?), 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 in the European Union. (2)  Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 lays down the transitional measures for applications for authori- sation of feed additives submitted in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC before the date of application of that Regulation. (3)  The applications for authorisation of additives listed in the annexes to this Regulation were submitted before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. (4)  Initial comments by Member States on these applications were issued under Article 4(4) of Directive 70/524/EEC have been forwarded to the Commission before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Such applications therefore shall continue to be treated in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 70/524/EEC. (5)  The use of the product, clinoptilolite of volcanic origin, as feed additive belonging to the category of ‘binders, anti-caking agents and coagulants’, was provisionally authorised, for the first time, for pigs, rabbits and poultry by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1245/1999 (). () O] L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Regulation 1800/2004 (O] L 317, 16.10.2004, p. 37). () OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. () O] L 150, 17.6.1999, p. 15. (6) (10) (11) New data were submitted in support of the application for authorisation without a time limit. The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Directive 70/524[EEC for such authorisation have been satisfied. Accordingly, the use of this product, clinoptilolite of volcanic origin, should be authorised without a time limit, under certain conditions set out in Annex [ to this Regulation. The use of the micro-organism preparation of Bacillus licheniformis ~ (DSM 5749)  and  Bacillus  subtilis (DSM 5750) was provisionally authorised for pigs for fattening and without a time limit for piglets by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2437/2000 (¥). New data were submitted in support of the application for authorisation without a time limit of that micro- organism preparation for pigs for fattening. The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation are satisfied. New data were submitted in support of the application to modify the maximum age of that micro- organism preparation for piglets. The assessment shows that the conditions for such modification of the author- isation are satisfied. The use of the micro-organism preparation of Sacchar- omyces cerevisise (NCYC Sc 47) was provisionally authorised, for the first time, for piglets by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1436/98 (°). The use of the micro-organism preparation of Entero- coccus faecium (DSM 7134) and Lactobacillus rhamnosus (DSM 7133) was provisionally authorised, for the first time, for piglets by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2690/99 (). New data were submitted in support of the application for authorisation without a time limit of those two micro-organism preparations. The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation are satisfied. 280, 4.11.2000, p. 28. ) O] L () OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 15. ) O] L 326, 18.12.1999, p. 33.