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(Non-legislative acts) 
REGUL ATIONS 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2020/478 
of 1 Apr il 2020 
correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 establishing the Union list of novel foods 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Havi ng regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Havi ng regar d to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on 
novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing 
Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 1852/2001 (1), and in particular Articles 8 thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, the Commission was to establish, by 1 Januar y 2018, the 
Union list of novel foods author ised or notified under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and 
of the Council (2). 
(2) The Union list of novel foods author ised or notified under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 was established by 
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (3). 
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1023 (4) corrected Imp lementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 and 
replaced the Annex thereto in order to include a number of author ised or notified novel foods not included in the 
initial Union list. 
(4) After the publication of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1023, 
food business operators identif ied an additional error in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 
and notified the Commission about it. 
(5) Correction is needed in order to provi de clarity and legal certainty to food business operators and to Member States’ 
compet ent author ities, thus providin g for the proper implementation and use of the Union list of novel foods. 
(6) Schizochytr ium sp. (T18) oil was author ised as a novel food through the notifi cation procedure pursuant to Article 5 
of Regulation (EC) No 258/97. In the specific ations of Schizochytr ium sp. (T18) oil, the indicate d acid value is 
erroneously ≤ 0,5 mg KOH/g instead of the correct value of ≤ 0,8 mg KOH/g. The Union list of novel foods 
established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 indicated the same erroneous value. 
(1)OJ L 327, 11.12.2015, p. 1. 
(2)Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 Januar y 1997 concer ning novel foods and novel food 
ingredients (OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 1). 
(3)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 of 20 December 2017 establishing the Union list of novel foods in accordance 
with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods (OJ L 351, 30.12.2017, p. 72). 
(4)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1023 of 23 July 2018 correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 
establishing the Union list of novel foods (OJ L 187, 24.7.2018, p. 1). EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 2.4.2020                                                                                                                                            L 102/1   (7) Theref ore, the specifi cations of Schizochytr ium sp. (T18) oil relating to the acid value in Table 2 of the Annex to 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 should be correcte d according ly. 
(8) The measures provid ed for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng 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, 1 Apr il 2020.  
For the Commission 
The President 
Ursula VON DER LEYEN     EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 102/2                                                                                                                                             2.4.2020   ANNEX 
In Table 2 (Specifications) of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, the entr y for Schizochytr ium sp. (T18) oil is replaced by the followi ng:                                                                
Authorised novel food Specification 
‘Schizoc hytr ium sp. (T18) oil Acid value: ≤ 0,8 mg KOH/g 
Peroxide value (PV): ≤ 5,0 meq/kg oil 
Moisture and volatiles: ≤ 0,05 % 
Unsaponif iables: ≤ 3,5 % 
Trans-fatty acids: ≤ 2,0 % 
Free fatty acids: ≤ 0,4 % 
DHA content: ≥ 35 %’   EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 2.4.2020                                                                                                                                            L 102/3