{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-282/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-282/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/282",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 of 27 March 2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-282",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Application for authorisation of recycling processes and opinion of the Food Safety Authority",
  "text": "1. The procedure for authorisation laid down in Articles 9 and 10 of Regulation No (EC) 1935/2004 shall apply mutatis mutandis for the authorisation of recycling processes, subject to the specific provisions laid down in paragraphs 2 to 4 of this Article.\n2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. The Food Safety Authority shall give an opinion within six months of receipt of a valid application as to whether or not the recycling process complies with the conditions laid down in Article 4.\n4. In the event of an opinion in favour of authorising the evaluated recycling process, the opinion of the Authority shall include the following:\n(a) a short description of the recycling process;\n(b) where appropriate, any recommendations on conditions or restrictions concerning the plastic input;\n(c) where appropriate, any recommendations on conditions or restrictions concerning the recycling process;\n(d) where appropriate, any criteria to characterise the recycled plastic;\n(e) where appropriate, any recommendations concerning conditions in the field of application of the recycled plastic;\n(f) where appropriate, any recommendations concerning monitoring compliance of the recycling process with the conditions of the authorisation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 5(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 42(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 42(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 42(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/282/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:21.160378+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."
}