Article 2B Determination of authorisation statusF1
For the purposes of this Regulation, determining the authorisation status of a substance is to consist of the appropriate authority determining whether or not to:
authorise the placing on the market, or the use in or on food, of a substance;
modify the authorisation of a substance, including modifying any conditions, restrictions or specifications associated with the authorisation concerned;
revoke or suspend the authorisation of a substance.
For the purposes of paragraph 1, a modification, suspension or revocation of an authorisation may specify a period of time, or different periods of time, within which—
existing stocks of the substance concerned, and any products derived from it or containing it, may be placed on the market or used;
the substance concerned, and any products derived from it or containing it, may continue to be produced, placed on the market or used;
the labelling of the substance concerned, and any products derived from it or containing it, may continue to be applied.
The appropriate authority may prescribe other transitional measures not falling within paragraph 2 in relation to the modification, suspension or revocation of an authorisation under the sectoral food law concerned and this Regulation.
In this Article, “authorisation” includes the permission for a substance to be placed on the market or used in or on food under the sectoral food law concerned, and for this purpose includes food enzymes for which an application for initial authorisation has been entered in the Register under Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 and flavouring substances under evaluation under Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008; and related terms are to be construed accordingly.