{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2283/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2283/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/2283",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2283",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Procedure for notifying the placing on the market of a traditional food from a third country",
  "text": "1. The appropriate authority must forward the valid notification provided for in Article 14 without delay, and not later than one month after having verified its validity, to the Food Safety Authority.\n2. Within four months from the date on which a valid notification under Article 14 is received by the appropriate authority, the Food Safety Authority may issue to the appropriate authority duly reasoned safety objections to the placing on the market within Great Britain of the traditional food concerned.\n3. The appropriate authority must inform the applicant of any duly reasoned safety objection as soon as it is issued.\n4. Where no duly reasoned safety objections have been issued in accordance with paragraph 2 within the time limit laid down in that paragraph, the appropriate authority must authorise the placing on the market within Great Britain of the traditional food concerned ... without delay. The authorisation must specify that it concerns a traditional food from a third country. Where applicable, certain conditions for use, specific labelling requirements, or post market monitoring requirements may be specified.\n5. Where duly reasoned safety objections have been issued in accordance with paragraph 2, the appropriate authority must not authorise the placing on the market within Great Britain of the traditional food concerned .... In that case, the applicant may submit an application to the appropriate authority in accordance with Article 16.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 15 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 21 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 15(5)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 15(4) omitted (1.4.2025) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 17(9)(a)(i) (with reg. 23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Art. 15(4) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 17(9)(a)(ii) (with reg. 23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 15(5) omitted (1.4.2025) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 17(9)(b) (with reg. 23)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2283/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:15.607182+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."
}