COMMI SSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2019/456 
of 20 March 2019 
author ising the change of the specif ications of the novel food coriander seed oil from Coriandr um 
sativum 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) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having 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 Article 12 thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 provi des that only novel foods author ised and included in the Union list may be 
placed on the market within the Union. 
(2)  Pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (2) 
establishing a Union list of author ised novel foods was adopt ed. 
(3)  Pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, the Commission is to decide on the author isation and on 
the placing on the Union market of a novel food and on the updating of the Union list. 
(4)  Commission Implementing Decision 2014/155/EU (3) author ised, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 258/97 
of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), the placing on the mark et of coriander seed oil from 
Coriandr um sativum as a novel food ingredient to be used in food supplements. 
(5)  On 17 May 2018, the compan y Ovalie Inno vation (‘the Applicant’) made a request to the Commission to change 
the specifi cations of coriander seed oil from Coriandr um sativum within the meaning of Article 10(1) of 
Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. The applicant request ed to decrease the lower figure of the saponification value 
from the current 186 mg KOH/g to 179 mg KOH/g. 
(6)  The applicant justifies the request by indicating that the chang e is necessar y in order to take account of the 
variation in the saponif ication values in the course of the production process of the coriander seed oil during its 
refinement processing for use in food supplements. 
(7)  The Commission considers that a safety evaluation of the current application by the European Food Safety 
Author ity in accordance with Article 10(3) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 is not necessar y as the proposed 
decrease in saponif ication values of the coriander seed oil is limit ed, while the concomitant increase in unsaponi ­
fiable matter , which could be considered of relevance to the safety of the novel food, remains within the 
author ised limit values. 
(8)  The proposed change in the saponif ication values of coriander seed oil from Coriandr um sativum do not alter the 
safety considerations that suppor ted its author isation. Theref ore, it is appropr iate to amend the specifi cations of 
the novel food ‘coriander seed oil from Coriandr um sativum’ at the proposed level for saponif iable value. 
(9)  The information provi ded in the application gives sufficient grounds to establish that the proposed chang es to 
the specifications of the novel food coriander seed oil from Coriandr um sativum compl y with Article 12 of 
Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. 21.3.2019 L 79/13 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 327, 11.12.2015, p. 1. 
(2)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). 
(3)Commission Implementing Decision 2014/155/EU of 19 March 2014 author ising the placing on the market of coriander seed oil as 
a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 85, 21.3.2014, p. 13). 
(4)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). (10)  The Annex to Implemen ting Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(11)  The measures provi ded for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
The entr y in the Union list of author ised novel foods, as provid ed for in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 and 
included in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, referring to the novel food coriander seed oil from Coriandr um 
sativum, is amended as specif ied in 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 State s. 
Done at Brussels, 20 Marc h 2019. 
For the Commission 
The President 
Jean-Claude JUNCK ER  21.3.2019 L 79/14 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     ANNEX 
The entr y for ‘Cor iander seed oil from Coriandr um sativum’ in Table 2 (Specifi cations) of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is replaced by the follo wing: 
Authorised Novel Food Specifications 
‘Cor iander seed oil from 
Coriandr um sativum Descr iption/Def inition: 
Coriander seed oil is an oil containing glycerides of fatty acids that is produced from the seeds of the coriander plant Coriandr um sativum L. 
Slight yello w colour , bland taste 
CAS No: 8008-52-4 
Com position of fatty acids: 
Palmitic acid (C16:0): 2-5 % 
Stea ric acid (C18:0): < 1,5 % 
Petroselinic acid (cis-C18:1(n-12)): 60-75 % 
Oleic acid (cis-C18:1 (n-9)): 8-15 % 
Linoleic acid (C18:2): 12-19 % 
α-Linolenic acid (C18:3): < 1,0 % 
Trans fatty acids: ≤ 1,0 % 
Purity: 
Refractive index (20 °C): 1,466-1,474 
Acid value: ≤ 2,5 mg KOH/g 
Peroxide value (PV): ≤ 5,0 meq/kg 
Iodine value: 88-110 units 
Saponif ication value: 179-200 mg KOH/g 
Unsaponif iable matt er: ≤ 15 g/kg’   21.3.2019 L 79/15 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN