This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 17 March 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1 .

( 2 ) EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), 2020. Technical report on the outcome of the consultation with Member States and EFSA on the basic substance application for approval of Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum , longum group, cayenne extract to be used in plant protection as repellent to seed-eating mammals and birds. EFSA supporting publication 2020:EN-1838. 77pp. doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2020.EN-1838.

( 3 ) Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food on Capsaicin (adopted on 26 February 2002); https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/fs_food-improvement-agents_flavourings-out120.pdf

( 4 ) https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-db_en

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/464 of 17 March 2021 concerning the non-approval of