Article 18 Authorisation of a traditional food from a third country ...F1F7

Within three months of the date of publication of the Food Safety Authority's opinion, the appropriate authority must authorise the placing on the market within Great Britain of the traditional food from a third country F2..., taking into account the following—

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the appropriate authority may, having taken account of the Food Safety Authority's opinion and any other legitimate factors relevant to the F3authorisation under consideration, terminate the procedure at any stage and decide not to F4authorise the placing on the market of the traditional food where it considers that authorisation is not justified. The appropriate authority must inform the applicant of the reasons for F5its decision.

The applicant may withdraw its application referred to in Article 16 at any time, thereby terminating the procedure.

Where the appropriate authority determines the authorisation status of a traditional food, the appropriate authority must specify the date on which the authorisation, modification, suspension or revocation is to have effect and communicate the determination to the Food Safety Authority, and the Food Safety Authority must update the domestic list referred to in Article 3B accordingly.