{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2283/article-3A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2283/article-3A.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/3A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3A",
  "heading": "Determination of authorisation status",
  "text": "1. For the purposes of this Regulation, determining the authorisation status of a novel food is to consist of the appropriate authority determining whether or not to:\n(a) authorise the placing on the market, or the use in or on food, of a novel food;\n(b) modify the authorisation of a novel food, including modifying any conditions of use, post-market monitoring requirements, restrictions, specific labelling requirements or specifications associated with the authorisation of the novel food concerned;\n(c) revoke or suspend the authorisation of a novel food.\n2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, a modification, suspension or revocation of an authorisation may specify a period of time, or different periods of time, within which—\n(a) existing stocks of the novel food concerned, and any products derived from it or containing it, may be placed on the market or used;\n(b) the novel food concerned, and any products derived from it or containing it, may continue to be produced, placed on the market or used;\n(c) the labelling of the novel food concerned, and any products derived from it or containing it, may continue to be applied.\n(3.) The appropriate authority may prescribe other transitional measures not falling within paragraph 2 in relation to the modification, suspension or revocation of an authorisation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 3A, 3B inserted (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(3) (with reg. 23)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2283/article/3A",
    "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."
}