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, 27 March 2026.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/625/oj .

( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/808 of 22 March 2021 on the performance of analytical methods for residues of pharmacologically active substances used in food-producing animals and on the interpretation of results as well as on the methods to be used for sampling and repealing Decisions 2002/657/EC and 98/179/EC ( OJ L 180, 21.5.2021, p. 84 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/808/oj ).

( 3 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1646 of 23 September 2022 on uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls as regards the use of pharmacologically active substances authorised as veterinary medicinal products or as feed additives and of prohibited or unauthorised pharmacologically active substances and residues thereof, on specific content of multi-annual national control plans and specific arrangements for their preparation ( OJ L 248, 26.9.2022, p. 32 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/1646/oj ).

( 4 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 of 27 January 2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed ( OJ L 54, 26.2.2009, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/152/oj ).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/731/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/731 of 27 March 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/808 as regards its transitional provisions and certain provisions on sampling