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, 23 April 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 327, 11.12.2015, p. 1 .

( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 of 20 December 2017 establishing the Union list of novel foods in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods ( OJ L 351, 30.12.2017, p. 72 ).

( 3 ) Commission Decision 2009/827/EC of 13 October 2009 authorising the placing on the market of Chia seed ( Salvia hispanica ) as novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 294, 11.11.2009, p. 14 ).

( 4 ) Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients ( OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 1 ).

( 5 ) Commission Implementing Decision 2013/50/EU of 22 January 2013 authorising an extension of use of Chia ( Salvia hispanica ) seed as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 21, 24.1.2013, p. 34 ).

( 6 ) Letter of 18 September 2015 (https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/novel-food_authorisation_2015_auth-letter_chia-seeds-2_en.pdf).

( 7 ) Letter of 17 October 2017 (https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/novel-food_authorisation_2017_auth-letter_chia-seeds_en.pdf).

( 8 ) Letter of 2 November 2017 (https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/novel-food_authorisation_2017_auth-letter_chia-seeds-ext-steri_en.pdf).

( 9 ) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2354 of 14 December 2017 authorising an extension of use of Chia seeds ( Salvia hispanica ) as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 336, 16.12.2017, p. 49 ).

( 10 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/24 of 13 January 2020 authorising an extension of use of chia seeds ( Salvia hispanica ) as a novel food and the change of the conditions of use and the specific labelling requirements of chia seeds ( Salvia hispanica ) under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 ( OJ L 8, 14.1.2020, p. 12 ).

( 11 ) EFSA Journal 2019;17(4):5657.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/668 of 23 April 2021 authorising a change of the conditions of use of chia seeds ( ANNEX