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, 28 November 2023.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29 .

( 2 ) EFSA Journal 2022;20(4):7268.

( 3 ) EFSA Journal 2023;21(4):7965.

( 4 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/415 of 11 March 2022 concerning the authorisation of malic acid, citric acid produced by Aspergillus niger DSM 25794 or CGMCC 4513/CGMCC 5751 or CICC 40347/CGMCC 5343, sorbic acid and potassium sorbate, acetic acid, sodium diacetate and calcium acetate, propionic acid, sodium propionate, calcium propionate and ammonium propionate, formic acid, sodium formate, calcium formate and ammonium formate, and lactic acid produced by Bacillus coagulans (LMG S-26145 or DSM 23965), or Bacillus smithii (LMG S-27890) or Bacillus subtilis (LMG S-27889) and calcium lactate as feed additives for all animal species ( OJ L 85, 14.3.2022, p. 6 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2644 of 28 November 2023 concerning the authorisation of lactic acid produced by ANNEX