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As regards Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, the Commission should be empowered in particular to adopt provisions relating to the number and names of the Scientific Panels, the rules of procedure for submitting a request for an opinion to the Authority and the criteria for inclusion of an institute on the list of competent organisations designated by the Member States. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
← 5.9. Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. · All articles · anx_ANNEX__cpt_5__cpt_9__text_2 →
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-21 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.