{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-456/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-456/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2018/456",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/456 of 19 March 2018 on the procedural steps of the consultation process for determination of novel food status 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-2018-456",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Content and presentation of a consultation request",
  "text": "1. The consultation request shall be submitted electronically to the Food Safety Authority and shall consist of the following:\n(a) a cover letter;\n(b) a technical dossier;\n(c) supporting documentation;\n(d) an explanatory note clarifying the purpose and relevance of the submitted documentation.\n2. The cover letter referred to in paragraph 1(a) shall be drafted in accordance with the template provided in Annex I.\n3. The technical dossier referred to in paragraph 1(b) shall contain the information necessary to enable the Food Safety Authority to conclude on the novel food status and shall be drafted in accordance with the template provided in Annex II.\n4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, an applicant is not required to provide all the elements referred to in Annex II, provided that the applicant has submitted verifiable justification for the absence of each missing element.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 68; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/456/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:13.343205+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."
}