Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/961 of 20 June 2022 authorising the placing on the market of tetrahydrocurcuminoids as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)

1 Tetrahydrocurcuminoids is authorised to be placed on the market within the Union. Tetrahydrocurcuminoids shall be included in the Union list of novel foods set out in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470.

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

Only the company ‘Sabinsa Europe GmbH’ is authorised to place on the market within the Union the novel food referred to in Article 1, for a period of five years from 11 July 2022, unless a subsequent applicant obtains an authorisation for that novel food without reference to the scientific data protected pursuant to Article 3 or with the agreement of Sabinsa Europe GmbH.

The scientific data contained in the application file and fulfilling the conditions 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 11 July 2022 without the agreement of ‘Sabinsa Europe GmbH’.

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