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, 12 May 2023.

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 ) Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 ( OJ L 181, 29.6.2013, p. 35 ).

( 4 ) Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 June 2002 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements ( OJ L 183, 12.7.2002, p. 51 ).

( 5 ) Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. (2020, unpublished).

( 6 ) Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. (2020, unpublished).

( 7 ) Sabatier M, Rytz A, Husny J, Dubascoux S, Nicolas M, Dave A, Singh H, Bodis M and Glahn RP, 2020 Impact of ascorbic acid on the in vitro iron bioavailability of a casein-based ironfortificant. Nutrients, 12, 2776.https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12092776

( 8 ) Henare SJ, Singh NN, Ellis AM, Moughan PJ, Thompson AK and Walczyk T, 2019. Iron bioavailability of a casein-based iron fortificant compared with that of ferrous sulfate in whole milk: a randomized trial with a crossover design in adult women. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 110, 1362–1369.

( 9 ) Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. (2019, unpublished).

( 10 ) Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. (2020, unpublished).

( 11 ) Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. (2020, unpublished).

( 12 ) Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. (2021, unpublished).

( 13 ) EFSA Journal 2022;20(9):7549.

( 14 ) Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 ( OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18 ).

( 15 ) Address: Avenue Nestlé 55, 1800 Vevey, Switzerland.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/949 of 12 May 2023 authorising the placing on the market of iron milk caseinate as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 ANNEX