Article 5 Requirement for authorisationF5

released active substances provided that they comply with the conditions set out in Article 9;

substances falling within the scope of F3F4assimilated law or any other enactment provisions applicable to food, which are added to or incorporated into active materials and articles by techniques such as grafting or immobilisation in order to have a technological effect in the food, provided that they comply with the conditions set out in Article 9;

substances used in components which are not in direct contact with food or the environment surrounding the food and are separated from the food by a functional barrier provided that they comply with the conditions set out in Article 10 and that they do not fall within either of the following categories:

1. (i)

   substances classified as ‘mutagenic’, ‘carcinogenic’, or ‘toxic to reproduction’ in accordance with the criteria set out in sections 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1;

2. (ii)

   substances deliberately engineered to particle size which exhibit functional physical and chemical properties that significantly differ from those at a larger scale.