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 ) 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 ).

( 4 ) 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 ).

( 5 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1377 of 19 August 2021 authorising the change of the conditions of use of the novel food astaxanthin-rich oleoresin from Haematococcus pluvialis algae under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 ( OJ L 297, 20.8.2021, p. 20 ).

( 6 ) EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens, Scientific Opinion on the safety of astaxanthin as a novel food in food supplements. EFSA Journal 2020;18(2):5993.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/1581 of 1 August 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the conditions of use of the novel food ‘astaxanthin-rich oleoresin from ANNEX