
Article 1 
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
Food supplements based on rice fermented with red yeast Monascus purpureus that were lawfully placed on the market before the entry into force of this Regulation may remain on the market until their date of minimum durability or use-by-date.
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.
It shall apply from 1 April 2020.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 7 November 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows:

((1)) In section 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006, the following entry 2.8.1 is replaced by:
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Foodstuffs (1) Maximum levels (µg/kg)
2.8 Citrinin 
2.8.1 Food supplements based on rice fermented with red yeast Monascus purpureus 100'
((2)) The footnote ‘(*) The maximum level is to be reviewed before 1 January 2016 in the light of information on exposure to citrinin from other foodstuffs and updated information on the toxicity of citrinin in particular as regards carcinogenicity and genotoxicity’ is deleted.
