24.—(1) This regulation applies where a person has made an application for the inclusion of an eligible additive in the Community list referred to in Article 4 of the Directive.
(2) The application mentioned in paragraph (1), including supporting data, must have been made to EFSA before 1st January 2007.
(3) If during examination of the data referred to in paragraph (2), EFSA calls for supplementary information, the eligible additive may, if otherwise permitted to be used under the law of Northern Ireland, continue to be so used until EFSA has issued an opinion, provided the supplementary information is submitted within the time limits specified by EFSA.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, an eligible additive is one whose use is permitted in one or more Member States before 1st January 2007.