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

It shall apply from 1 July 2026.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2024.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1 ., ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2004/852/oj .

( 2 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs ( OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 1 ., ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2005/2073/oj ).

( 3 ) https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8442 .

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2024/2895 of 20 November 2024 amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards ANNEX