Regulation 22 Applications for inclusion of an additive in the Community list of authorised additivesI1

This regulation applies where a person has made an application, including supporting data, for the inclusion of an eligible additive in the Community list referred to in Article 4 of the Directive before 1st January 2007.

If during examination of the data referred to in paragraph (2), EFSA has called or calls for supplementary information, the eligible additive may, if otherwise permitted to be used under Scots law, continue to be so used until EFSA has issued an opinion, provided the supplementary information is submitted within the time limits specified by EFSA.

For the purposes of this regulation, an eligible additive is one whose use is permitted in one or more Member States before 1st January 2007.