Entry into force and application

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

Article 4(e), and Article 5 shall apply from the date of application of the Community list. Until that date, and without prejudice to the requirements set out in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Articles 9 and 10 of this Regulation, national provisions in force concerning the composition of active and intelligent materials and articles shall continue to apply.

Article 4(f), Article 11(1) and (2) and Chapter IV shall apply from 19 December 2009. Until that date, and without prejudice to the requirements set out in Article 4(5) and (6) of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Article 11(3) of this Regulation, national provisions in force concerning the labelling and declaration of compliance of active and intelligent materials and articles shall continue to apply.

The placing on the market of active and intelligent materials and articles labelled in accordance with Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 prior to the date of application of Article 11(1) and (2) of this Regulation shall be permitted until the exhaustion of stocks.

Until the date of application of the Community list, released active substances shall be authorised and used in accordance with the relevant Community provisions applicable to food, and shall comply with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and its implementing measures.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 May 2009.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU

Member of the Commission

( 1 ) OJ L 338, 13.11.2004, p. 4 .

( 2 ) OJ L 11, 15.1.2002, p. 4 .

( 3 ) OJ L 192, 11.7.1987, p. 49 .

( 4 ) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1 .

( 5 ) OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1 .

( 6 ) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1 .

( 7 ) OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29 .

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 450/2009 of 29 May 2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food ANNEX I ANNEX II