This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 July 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU

Member of the Commission

( 1 ) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29 . Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005 ( OJ L 59, 5.3.2005, p. 8 ).

( 2 ) Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) on a request from the European Commission on safety and efficacy of Panaferd-AX (red carotenoid-rich bacterium Paracoccus carotinifaciens) as feed additive for salmon and trout. The EFSA Journal (2007) 546, p. 1-30.

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 721/2008 of 25 July 2008 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of red carotenoid-rich bacterium ANNEX