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Decisions terminating the procedure

About the decisions

According to Article 10(6) of the novel food regulation, the Commission may terminate the procedure at any stage, and decide not to proceed with an update, where it considers that such an update is not justified.

In such cases, where applicable, the Commission shall take account of the views of Member States, the Authority's opinion and any other legitimate factors relevant to the update under consideration.

The Commission shall inform the applicant and all Member States directly of the reasons for not considering the update to be justified. The Commission shall make the list of such applications publicly available.

List of Decisions

List of Decisions addressed to individual applicants for applications for which the update of the Union list was considered as not justified:

Decisions from 2025

  • Commission Implementing Decision of 30 January 2025 terminating the procedure for authorising the placing on the market of Serrapeptase Rx, kapsuly (NF/ 2020/1588) as novel food without updating the Union list of novel foods (C(2025) 525 final)
  • Commission Implementing Decision of 29 April 2025 terminating the procedure for authorising the placing on the market of ‘a mixture of berberine hydrochloride purified from ethanolic extract of roots and/or bark from branches of Berberis aristata DC and silymarin 80% from acetonic extract of seeds/fruits of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn’ as a novel food without updating the Union list of novel foods ((C(2025)2494 final).
  • Commission Implementing Decision of 10 September 2025 terminating the procedure for authorising the placing on the market of dried biomass powder of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii THN 6 as a novel food without updating the Union list of novel foods ((C(2025) 5980 final).
  • Commission Implementing Decision of 26 November 2025 terminating the procedure for authorising the placing on the market of Acmella Oleracea extract (NF 2019/1369) as novel food without updating the Union list of novel foods (C(2025) 7937 final).