commission implementing regulation eu 2015 1399 of 17 august 2015 concerning the denial of authorisation of the preparation of bacillus toyonensis ncimb 14858t formerly bacillus cereus var. toyoi ncimb 40112 cncm i-1012 as a feed additive for cattle for fattening rabbits for fattening chickens for fattening piglets weaned pigs for fattening sows for reproduction and calves for rearing and the revocation of the authorisations of the preparation of bacillus cereus var. toyoi ncimb 40112 cncm i-1012 as a feed additive for turkeys for fattening and rabbit breeding does amending regulations ec no 256 2002 ec no 1453 2004 ec no 255 2005 and ec no 1200 2005 and repealing regulations ec no 166 2008 ec no 378 2009 and implementing regulation eu no 288 2013 text with eea relevance the regulatory measure denies the authorisation of commercialisation of the preparation bacillus toyonensis ncimb 14858t as a feed additive for use for cattle for fattening rabbits for fattening chickens for fattening piglets weaned pigs for fattening sows for reproduction and calves for rearing. this is a definitive measure following a suspension of the authorisation issued in 2013 regulation ec 288 2013 of 25 march 2013 . the feed additive bacillus cereus var. toyoi ncimb 40112 cncm i-1012 toyocerin was re-evaluated by the european food safety authority efsa under regulation ec no 1831 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition official journal of the eu l 268 18.10.2003 p. 29 . on 16 october 2012 efsa adopted an opinion raising safety concerns about the use of toyocerin as feed additive. on that basis supplementary data were submitted by the applicant for authorisation concerning essentially the taxonomic classification of the micro-organism the issue of the transferability of the antibiotic resistance and the issue of the functionality of the enterotoxin genes present in the genome of the micro-organism. after assessment of those supplementary data efsa adopted an opinion on 1 july 2014 which confirmed the safety concerns as regards antibiotic susceptibility and toxigenic potential of the additive. consequently the regulatory conditions for authorisation of the feed additive toyocerin were no longer met as regards the absence of adverse effects on human and animal health. therefore the authorisation had to be denied. since existing stocks of the preparation of bacillus cereus var. toyoi ncimb 40112 cncm i-1012 of premixtures containing that preparation and of feed materials and compound feed produced from that preparation were already to be withdrawn from the market according to article 7 of implementing regulation eu no 288 2013 no transitional measures were provided for