1. May, 2001 – July, 2018
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1533117254271&uri=CELEX:02001R0999-20180730
REGULATION (EC) No 999/2001 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
/TSE Regulation/

2. October, 2009
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32009R1069
REGULATION (EC) No 1069/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL – health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation)

3. October, 2014
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32014R1143
REGULATION (EU) No 1143/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species

4. November, 2015
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32015R2283
REGULATION (EU) 2015/2283 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
on novel foods

5. March, 2016
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32016R0429
REGULATION (EU) 2016/429 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’)

6. May, 2017
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32017R0893
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/893 of 24 May 2017 about provisions on processed animal protein

7. December, 2017
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32017R2469
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/2469
administrative and scientific requirements for applications referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods

Additional Information from International Organizations

1. Food and Agriculture Organization
Edible Insects – Future prospects for food and feed security
http://www.fao.org/home/en/
http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3253e/i3253e.pdf

2. Increased demand for EU technical textiles – Euratex released bulletin n°2/2018
http://euratex.eu/library/press-releases/press-release-details/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6033&cHash=2afb5992e6e044f29ce9be88f14b6aea

3. July, 2000
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1668/2000 – amending Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing
https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/3be151a7-77e3-4233-9e2c-484a0d003552/language-en

4. Resource Efficiency and Green Markets – Bulgaria, September 2017
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5. Silk fibers from spiders and silk worms could prove an effective and novel reinforcement in bio composites, University of Oxford, May 2014
https://www.materialstoday.com/composites/news/silk-fibers-come-on-strong-in-composites/

6. Eating insects good for gut health – August, 2018
https://www.allaboutfeed.net/New-Proteins/Articles/2018/8/New-study-Eating-insects-good-for-gut-health-318168E/?cmpid=NLC|allboutfeed|2018-08-06|New_study:_Eating_insects_good_for_gut_health