Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/859 of 25 April 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the specifications of the novel food 2’-Fucosyllactose (microbial source) to authorise its production by a derivative strain of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 (Text with EEA relevance)

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

Only the company ‘Advanced Protein Technologies Corporation’ is authorised to place on the market within the Union the novel food 2′-Fucosyllactose (microbial source) produced with a derivative strain of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032, for a period of five years from 16 May 2023, 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 ‘Advanced Protein Technologies Corporation’.

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 the date of entry into force of this Regulation without the agreement of ‘Advanced Protein Technologies Corporation’.

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