This Regulation shall apply to applications as referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings.

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

1. (a)

   ‘ Status of Qualified Presumption of Safety ’ means the safety status assigned by the Authority to selected groups of micro-organisms on the basis of an assessment showing no safety concerns.

2. (b)
   ‘SCF guidelines of 1992’ means the guidelines for the presentation of data on food enzymes set out in the opinion expressed by the Scientific Committee for Food on 11 April 1991 11 .