Article 5 U.K. Procedures for verifying the validity of a consultation request

1. The [F1 Food 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 [F1 Food 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 [F1 Food 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 [F1 Food Safety Authority];

(b) the submitted additional information is insufficient to conclude that the consultation request is valid.

4. The [F1 Food Safety Authority] shall decide on the validity of the consultation request and without delay inform the food business operator, the [F2 appropriate authority] of the decision. Where the consultation request is considered not valid, the [F1 Food Safety Authority] shall provide the reasons for that conclusion.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 69(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 5(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 69(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)