{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1331/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1331/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/1331",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1331",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Opinion of the Authority",
  "text": "1. The Authority shall give its opinion within nine months of receipt of a valid application.\n2. The Authority shall forward its opinion to the appropriate authority and, where applicable, the applicant.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(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, 42; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1331/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:44.949883+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}