This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

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

Done at Brussels, 11 November 2011.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

( 1 ) OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16 .

( 2 ) Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to food on the safety of steviol glycosides for the proposed uses as a food additive. The EFSA Journal (2010); 8(4):1537.

( 3 ) Statement of EFSA: ‘Revised exposure assessment for steviol glycosides for the proposed uses as a food additive’. The EFSA Journal (2011); 9(01):1972.

( 4 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal.

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1131/2011 of 11 November 2011 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to steviol glycosides ANNEX