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, 1 August 2023.

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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/375 of 11 March 2016 authorising the placing on the market of Lacto- N -neotetraose as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 70, 16.3.2016, p. 22 ).

( 4 ) 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 ).

( 5 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1314 of 2 August 2019 authorising the change of the specifications of the novel food Lacto- N -neotetraose produced with Escherichia coli K-12 under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 ( OJ L 205, 5.8.2019, p. 4 ).

( 6 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/912 of 4 June 2021 authorising changes in the specifications of the novel food Lacto- N -neotetraose (microbial source) and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 ( OJ L 199, 7.6.2021, p. 10 ).

( 7 ) EFSA Journal 2020;18(11):6305.

( 8 ) EFSA Journal 2020;18(11):6305.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/1583 of 1 August 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the specifications of the novel food Lacto- ANNEX