1.The Community list of food enzymes shall be drawn up on the basis of applications made pursuant to paragraph 2.
2.Interested parties may submit applications for the inclusion of a food enzyme in the Community list.
[F1The deadline for submitting such applications shall be 42 months after the date of application of the implementing measures laid down in accordance with Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings.]
3.The Commission shall establish a Register of all food enzymes to be considered for inclusion in the Community list in respect of which an application complying with the validity criteria to be laid down in accordance with Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings] has been submitted in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article (hereinafter referred to as the Register). The Register shall be made available to the public.
The Commission shall submit the applications to the Authority for its opinion.
4.The Community list shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings], once the Authority has issued an opinion on each food enzyme included in the Register.
However, by way of derogation from that procedure:
(a)Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings] shall not apply to the Authority's adoption of its opinion;
(b)the Commission shall adopt the Community list for the first time after the Authority has delivered its opinion on all the food enzymes listed in the Register.
5.If necessary, any appropriate transitional measures for the purposes of this Article which are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 15(3).