24. For Article 18, substitute—
“Authorisation of a traditional food from a third country and updates of the listU.K.
1. Within three months of the date of publication of the Food Safety Authority's opinion, the appropriate authority must authorise the placing on the market within [F1Great Britain] of the traditional food from a third country by prescribing an update of the list, taking into account the following—
(a)the conditions provided for in points (a) and (b) of Article 7 and, where applicable, point (c) of that Article;
(b)any relevant provision of law, including the precautionary principle as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002;
(c)the Food Safety Authority's opinion;
(d)any other legitimate factors relevant to the application under consideration.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the appropriate authority may, having taken account of the Food Safety Authority's opinion and any other legitimate factors relevant to the update under consideration, terminate the procedure at any stage and decide not to proceed with an update of the list where it considers that such an update is not justified. The appropriate authority must inform the applicant of the reasons for not considering the update to be justified.
3. The applicant may withdraw its application referred to in Article 16 at any time, thereby terminating the procedure.”.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 24 substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 15(5)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 24 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1