
Article 1 
The active substance sodium hydrogen carbonate, as specified in Annex I, is approved subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following 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, 10 September 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
ANNEX I

Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
Sodium hydrogen carbonateCAS No: 144-55-8 Sodium hydrogen carbonate ≥ 990 g/kgArsenic ≤ 3 mg/kgLead ≤ 2 mg/kgMercury ≤ 1 mg/kg 1 October 2020 1 October 2035 For the implementation of the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on sodium hydrogen carbonate, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.

ANNEX II

In Part D of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, the following entry is added:

 Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
‘24 Sodium hydrogen carbonateCAS No: 144-55-8 Sodium hydrogen carbonate ≥ 990 g/kgArsenic ≤ 3 mg/kgLead ≤ 2 mg/kgMercury ≤ 1 mg/kg 1 October 2020 1 October 2035 For the implementation of the uniform principles as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on sodium hydrogen carbonate, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.’
