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, 7 November 2019.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

( 1 ) OJ L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 11 .

( 2 ) Updated guidance on methodological principles and scientific methods to be taken into account when establishing Reference Points for Action (RPAs) for non-allowed pharmacologically active substances present in food of animal origin. EFSA Journal 2018;16(7):5332.

( 3 ) Commission Decision 2002/657/EC of 14 August 2002 implementing Council Directive 96/23/EC concerning the performance of analytical methods and the interpretation of results ( OJ L 221, 17.8.2002, p. 8 ).

( 4 ) Commission Decision 2005/34/EC of 11 January 2005 laying down harmonised standards for the testing for certain residues in products of animal origin imported from third countries ( OJ L 16, 20.1.2005, p. 61 ).

( 5 ) EFSA CONTAM Panel (EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain), 2014. Scientific Opinion on Chloramphenicol in food and feed. EFSA Journal 2014;12(11):3907, 145 pp. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3907.

( 6 ) EFSA CONTAM Panel (EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain), 2015. Scientific Opinion on nitrofurans and their metabolites in food. EFSA Journal 2015;13(6):4140, 217 pp. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4140.

( 7 ) EFSA CONTAM Panel (EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain), 2016. Scientific Opinion on malachite green in food. EFSA Journal 2016;14(7):4530, 80 pp. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4530.

( 8 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 16/2011 of 10 January 2011, laying down implementing measures for the Rapid alert system for food and feed ( OJ L 6, 11.1.2011, p. 7 ).

( 9 ) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) ( OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1 ).

( 10 ) Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC ( OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10 ).

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2019/1871 of 7 November 2019 on reference points for action for non-allowed pharmacologically active substances present in food of animal origin and repealing Decision 2005/34/EC ANNEX