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Commission Regulation (EU) No 234/2011Show full title
Commission Regulation (EU) No 234/2011 of 10 March 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings (Text with EEA relevance)
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CHAPTER IIIU.K. ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHECKING THE VALIDITY OF AN APPLICATION
Article 12U.K.Procedures
1.On receipt of an application the [F1Authority] shall without delay verify whether the food additive, food enzyme or flavouring falls within the scope of the appropriate sectoral food law and whether the application contains all the elements required under Chapter II.
2.Where the application contains all the elements required under Chapter II, the [F2Authority is] to verify the suitability of the data for risk assessment in accordance with the scientific opinions on data requirements for the evaluation of substance applications and to prepare, if appropriate, an opinion.
3.F3... If the data is considered suitable for risk assessment, the evaluation period referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 shall begin from the date when the [F4application is received by the Authority].
However, in accordance with point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 17(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008, in the case of [F5the determination of applications for initial authorisation] of food enzymes, Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 shall not apply.
4.In case of an application to [F6determine the authorisation status] of food additives, food enzymes or flavourings, the [F7Authority] may request additional information from the applicant on matters regarding the validity of the application and inform the applicant of the period within which that information shall be provided. In the case of applications submitted in compliance with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008, the [F7Authority] shall determine that period together with the applicant.
5.When the application does not fall within the appropriate sectoral food law or when it does not contain all the elements required under Chapter II or when the Authority considers that the data for risk assessment are not suitable, the application shall be considered as not valid. In such a case the [F8Authority] shall inform the applicant, F9... indicating the reasons why the application is considered not valid.
6.By way of derogation from paragraph 5, an application may be considered as valid even if it does not contain all the elements required under Chapter II, provided that the applicant has submitted verifiable justification for each missing element.
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F1Word in Art. 12(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 147(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 12(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 147(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 12(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 147(c)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 12(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 147(c)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 12(3) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 10(6)(a) (with reg. 23)
F6Words in Art. 12(4) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 10(6)(b) (with reg. 23)
F7Word in Art. 12(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 147(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Word in Art. 12(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 147(e)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in Art. 12(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 147(e)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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