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, 30 November 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 26 .

( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 307/2012 of 11 April 2012 establishing implementing rules for the application of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods ( OJ L 102, 12.4.2012, p. 2 ).

( 3 ) Opinion on green tea extracts and green tea infusion – Danish Technical University (2015).

( 4 ) Safety assessment on levels of (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in green tea extracts used in food supplements, Norwegian Institute of Public Health (2015).

( 5 ) EFSA Journal 2018;16(4):5239.

( 6 ) Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 June 2002 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements ( OJ L 183, 12.7.2002, p. 51 ).

( 7 ) Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 ( OJ L 327, 11.12.2015, p. 1 ).

( 8 ) 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 ).

( *1 ) excluding aqueous green tea extracts containing (-)- epigallocatechin-3-gallate which after reconstitution in beverages have a composition comparable to traditional green tea infusions.

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2022/2340 of 30 November 2022 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards green tea extracts containing (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate