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Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Four · European Union

In order to strengthen the competitiveness and innovation of the European industry, materials and articles intended to come into contact with food should be marketed as soon as possible once their safety has been established. On grounds of efficiency, the normal time-limits for the regulatory procedure with scrutiny should be curtailed for the adoption of a list of substances authorised for use in the manufacturing of materials and articles; list(s) of authorised substances incorporated in active or intelligent food contact materials and articles, list(s) of active or intelligent materials and articles and, when necessary, special conditions of use for those substances and/or the materials and articles in which they are incorporated; purity standards; special conditions of use for certain substances and/or the materials and articles in which they are used; specific limits on the migration of certain constituents or groups of constituents into or on to food; amendments of existing specific directives on materials and articles; Community authorisations and the modification, suspension or revocation thereof.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-21 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.