Article 7a Verification of the validity of applications by the Member StatesF1

In accordance with Article 15(2)(a) and Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, Member States shall verify the validity of applications before making them available to the Authority.

For the purposes of paragraph 1, the national competent authority shall verify that applications submitted under Article 15 or 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 include the data as referred to in Article 15(3) of that Regulation.

The national competent authority shall also verify that:

1. (i)

   for applications submitted under Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 the health claim is a health claim concerning the reduction of disease risk claims or referring to children’s development and health;

2. (ii)

   for applications submitted under Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 the health claim is any health claim as referred to in Article 13(5) of that Regulation with the exception of health claims referring to children’s development and health.