Article 5Procedures for verifying the validity of a consultation request
1.
The F1Food Safety Authority shall without delay verify whether the consultation request complies with the requirements of Article 4.
2.
Where the food business operator submits insufficient information in the consultation request, the F1Food Safety Authority shall request the food business operator to provide additional information or make the relevant updates to the consultation request within the time period specified by the F1Food Safety Authority.
3.
The consultation request shall be considered not valid where:
(a)
the food business operator does not provide requested additional information or updated consultation request within the period specified by the F1Food Safety Authority;
(b)
the submitted additional information is insufficient to conclude that the consultation request is valid.
4.
The F1Food Safety Authority shall decide on the validity of the consultation request and without delay inform the food business operator, the F2appropriate authority of the decision. Where the consultation request is considered not valid, the F1Food Safety Authority shall provide the reasons for that conclusion.