Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 11

1. To permit efficient official monitoring of foodstuffs intended for a particular nutritional use which do not belong to one of the groups listed in Annex I, the following specific provisions shall apply:

(a) when a product as referred to above is placed on the market for the first time the manufacturer or, where a product is manufactured in a third State, the importer, shall notify the competent authority of the Member State where the product is being marketed by forwarding it a model of the label used for the product;

(b) where the same product is subsequently placed on the market in another Member State the manufacturer or, where appropriate, the importer, shall provide the competent authority of that Member State with the same information, together with an indication of the recipient of the first notification;

(c) where necessary, the competent authority shall be empowered to require the manufacturer or, where appropriate, the importer, to produce the scientific work and the data establishing the product's compliance with Article 1(2) and (3) together with the information provided for in point (a) of Article 9(3). If such work is contained in a readily available publication, a mere reference to this publication shall suffice.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the identity of the competent authorities within the meaning of paragraph 1 and any other useful information on them.

The Commission shall publish this information in the Official Journal of the European Union.

3. Detailed rules for implementing paragraph 2 may be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 15(2).

4. Every three years, and for the first time before 8 July 2002, the Commission shall send the European Parliament and the Council a report on the implementation of this Article.