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, 20 May 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1 .

( 2 ) EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), 2019. Technical report on the outcome of the consultation with Member States and EFSA on the basic substance application for approval of Comfrey steeping to be used in plant protection as an insect repellent and plant elicitor in fruit trees, grass and vegetables. EFSA supporting publication 2019:EN-1753. 64 pp. doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2019.EN-1753.

( 3 ) Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety ( OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1 ).

( 4 ) https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-db_en

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/809 of 20 May 2021 concerning the non-approval of fermented extract from leaves of