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, 13 January 2020.

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 ) 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 ).

( 5 ) 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).

( 6 ) 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 ).

( 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 ) EFSA Journal 2009;7(4):996.

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

( 12 ) 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 ).

( 13 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 828/2014 of 30 July 2014 on the requirements for the provision of information to consumers on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in food ( OJ L 228, 31.7.2014, p. 5 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/24 of 13 January 2020 authorising an extension of use of chia seeds ( ANNEX