17.7.2023
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 252/9
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 25 May 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Graz — Austria) — TLL The Longevity Labs GmbH v Optimize Health Solutions mi GmbH, BM (Case C-141/22, (1) TLL The Longevity Labs) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Food safety — Novel food — Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 — Sprouted buckwheat flour with a high spermidine content — Germination of buckwheat seeds in a nutrient solution containing spermidine) (2023/C 252/08) Language of the case: German Referring court Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Graz
Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: TLL The Longevity Labs GmbH Defendant: Optimize Health Solutions mi GmbH, BM
Operative part of the judgment Article 3(2)(a)(iv) of 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 must be interpreted as meaning that a food, such as sprouted buckwheat flour with a high spermidine content, which was not used for human consumption to a significant degree within the European Union before 15 May 1997, constitutes a ‘novel food’ within the meaning of that provision given that, first, it is obtained from a plant, secondly, it is not apparent that its safety has been confirmed with compositional data and from experience of continued use for at least 25 years in the customary diet of a significant number of people in at least one country of the European Union, and, thirdly and in any event, it is not obtained by propagating practices, within the meaning of that provision.
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OJ C 198, 16.5.2022.
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 25 May 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Minden — Germany) — J.B., S.B., F.B., legally represented by J.B. and S.B., v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Case C-364/22, (1) Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Voluntary return)) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Asylum policy — Common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection — Directive 2013/32/EU — Article 33(2)(d) — Procedure for examining an application for international protection — Inadmissible applications — Subsequent application — Voluntary return and removal) (2023/C 252/09) Language of the case: German Referring court Verwaltungsgericht Minden