Entry into force

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, 21 January 2025.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1107/oj .

( 2 ) EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), 2023. Technical report on the outcome of the consultation with Member States and EFSA on the basic substance application for approval of grape seed extract as a basic substance to be used in plant protection as a fungicide on grapevines, apples, potatoes and lettuce. EFSA supporting publication 2023:EN-8435. 150 pp. doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2023.EN-8435.

( 3 ) Final Review report for the basic substance Vitis vinifera L. seed extract (grape seed extract) finalised by the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 5 December 2024 in view of the approval of Vitis vinifera L. seed extract (grape seed extract) as basic substance in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

( 4 ) The references to these evaluations are available in the EFSA Conclusion. EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP); EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food allergen (NDA). EFSA supporting publication 2023:EN-8435. 20 pp. doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2023.EN-8435.

( 5 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances ( OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2011/540/oj ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/96 of 21 January 2025 approving the basic substance ANNEX I ANNEX II