Regulation 5 Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 2000

In regulation 11 (applications for Community authorisation of additives and of new uses for additives)—

(a)

for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2)

Where documentation is submitted to the Agency pursuant to paragraph (1) above, it shall—

(a)

forward it to the Commission; and

(b)

forward a copy of it to each EEA State (other than the United Kingdom),

in accordance with Article 4.3 of the Additives Directive, if it is satisfied as specified in paragraph (3) below.”; and

(c)

for paragraph (5) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(5)

Where the Agency rejects documentation submitted to it pursuant to paragraph (1) above, or postpones taking the action specified in paragraph (2) above in relation to it, it shall inform the Commission, the applicant and each EEA State (other than the United Kingdom) of the rejection or postponement, and shall notify them of the reasons for its rejection or postponement.”.