Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1163 of 6 August 2020 authorising the placing on the market of vitamin D2 mushroom powder as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)

1 Vitamin D2 mushroom powder as specified in the Annex to this Regulation shall be included in the Union list of authorised novel foods established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470.

2 For a period of five years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation only the applicant: Company: Oakshire Naturals, LP. Address: PO Box 388, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348, United States is authorised to place on the market within the Union the novel food referred to in paragraph 1, unless a subsequent applicant obtains authorisation for that novel food without reference to the data protected pursuant to Article 2 or with the agreement of Oakshire Naturals, LP.

3 The entry in the Union list referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the conditions of use and labelling requirements laid down in the Annex to this Regulation.

The studies and reports contained in the applicant’s file on the basis of which the novel food referred to in Article 1 has been assessed by the Authority, claimed by the applicant as fulfilling the requirements laid down in Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, shall not be used for the benefit of a subsequent applicant for a period of five years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation without the agreement of Oakshire Naturals, LP.

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

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