Article 14

Where a Member State, as a result of new information or of a reassessment of existing information made since one of the specific Directives was adopted, has detailed grounds for establishing that a foodstuff intended for a particular nutritional use endangers human health although it complies with the relevant specific Directive, that Member State may temporarily suspend or restrict application of the provisions in question within its territory. It shall immediately inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof and give reasons for its decision. The Commission shall examine as soon as possible the grounds adduced by the Member State concerned and shall consult the Member States within the Committee referred to in Article 15(1), and shall then deliver its opinion without delay and take appropriate measures. If the Commission considers that amendments to this Directive or to the specific Directives are necessary in order to remedy the difficulties mentioned in paragraph 1 and to ensure the protection of human health, it shall adopt those amendments. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 15(3). On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may have recourse to the urgency procedure referred to in Article 15(4). The Member State which has adopted safeguard measures may in that event retain them until the amendments have been adopted.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.