PART 4Application for Authorisation
Applications for inclusion of an additive in the Community list of authorised additives
21.—(1) This regulation applies where a person wishes to make an application for the inclusion of an eligible additive in the Community list referred to in Article 4 of the Directive.
(2) The application mentioned in paragraph (1), including supporting data, must be made to EFSA before 1st January 2007.
(3) If during examination of the data referred to in paragraph (2), EFSA calls for supplementary information, the eligible additive may, if otherwise permitted to be used under the law of Northern Ireland continue to be so used until EFSA has issued an opinion, provided the supplementary opinion is submitted within the time limits specified by EFSA.
(4) 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.