This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

The Annex shall apply from 15 December 2022.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 April 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1 .

( 2 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 of 28 March 2007 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the control of the levels of trace elements and processing contaminants in foodstuffs ( OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 29 ).

( 3 ) 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 IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/685 of 28 April 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 as regards the sampling requirements for fish and terrestrial animals ANNEX