Article 10 Procedure for determining authorisation statusF1F9

The procedure for F2determining the authorisation status of a novel food F3... provided for in Article 9 must start either on the initiative of the appropriate authority or following an application to the appropriate authority by an applicant. The appropriate authority must make the summary of the application, based on the information referred to in points (a), (b) and (e) of paragraph 2 of this Article, publicly available.

The application for an authorisation must include—

Upon request by the appropriate authority, the Food Safety Authority must give its opinion as to whether the F4proposed determination of authorisation status is liable to have an effect on human health.

When test methods are applied to engineered nanomaterials as referred to in points (a) (viii) and (ix) of Article 3(2), an explanation must be provided by the applicants of their scientific appropriateness for nanomaterials and, where applicable, of the technical adaptations or adjustments that have been made in order to respond to the specific characteristics of those materials.

The procedure for authorising the placing on the market within Great Britain of a novel food F5... as provided for in Article 9 ends when the appropriate authority F6determines the authorisation status of that novel food in accordance with Article 12.

By way of derogation from paragraph 5, the appropriate authority may terminate the procedure at any stage, and decide not to proceed with F7a determination of the authorisation status of the novel food concerned where the appropriate authority considers that F8a determination is not justified.

The applicant may withdraw its application at any time, thereby terminating the procedure.