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, 12 May 2020.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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

( 2 ) EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), 2017. Technical report on the outcome of the consultation with Member States and EFSA on the basic substance application for Saponaria officinalis L. roots for use in plant protection as acaricide and elicitor. EFSA supporting publication 2017:EN-1263. 44 pp.

( 3 ) http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/public/?event=activesubstance.selection&language=EN

( 4 ) 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 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/643 of 12 May 2020 concerning the non-approval of