Article 18 Transitional measures

Notwithstanding Articles 7 and 17 of this Regulation, F1... the following food enzymes F2are, immediately after the end of the day on which the appropriate authority determines the authorisation status of all the applications for initial authorisation in the Register in accordance with Article 17, to be deemed to be authorised for the purposes of this Regulation:

Food enzymes, food enzyme preparations and food containing food enzymes placed on the market or labelled before 20 January 2010 which do not comply with the provisions of Articles 10 to 12 may be marketed until their date of minimum durability or use-by-date.