1.The [F1reference laboratory] shall indicate in its evaluation report to the [F2Food Safety Authority], as provided for in Article 5(2), and shall inform the applicant and the [F3appropriate authority], if it considers that the following are necessary:
(a)testing of methods of analysis;
(b)validation of methods of analysis.
In doing so, the [F1reference laboratory] shall provide the applicant with a document describing the work to be carried out through [F4scientific experts or official laboratories] including a time schedule and an estimate of a special fee to be paid by the applicant. The applicant shall inform the [F1reference laboratory] about his agreement to the document within 15 days of receipt of the communication.
2.The [F1reference laboratory] shall supplement the report to the [F2Food Safety Authority], as provided for in Article 5(1), with an addendum concerning the outcome of the application of the procedure foreseen in paragraph 1 within 30 days of the availability to the [F1reference laboratory] of the results of the testing and validation work.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 10 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 72(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 10 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 72(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 10(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 72(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 10(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 10(5)