{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2468/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2468/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/2468",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2468 of 20 December 2017 laying down administrative and scientific requirements concerning traditional foods from third countries in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2468",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Verification of the validity of an application",
  "text": "1. On receipt of an application for the authorisation of a traditional food from a third country the Food Safety Authority shall without delay verify whether the application fulfils the requirements of Articles 4 to 6.\n2. The Food Safety Authority may request additional information from the applicant on matters regarding the validity of the application and inform the applicant of the period within which that information shall be provided.\n3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article and without prejudice to Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, an application may be considered valid even if it does not contain all the elements required under Articles 4 to 6 of this Regulation, provided that the applicant has submitted verifiable justification for each missing element.\n4. The Food Safety Authority shall inform the applicant, ... whether the application is considered valid or not. If the application is not considered valid, the Food Safety Authority shall indicate the reasons why it is not valid.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 45(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 8(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 45(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/2468/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:19.551148+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."
}