Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 SECTION 1 — MISSION AND TASKS

Article 22–Article 23 · 2 articles

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Article 22

Mission of the Authority 1. A European Food Safety Authority, hereinafter referred to as the "Authority", is hereby established. 2. The Authority shall provide scientific advice and scientific and technical support for the Community's legislation and policies in all fields which have a direct or indirect impact on food and feed safety. It shall provide independent information on all matters within these fields and communicate on risks. 3. The Authority shall contribute to a high level of protection of human life and health, and in this respect take account of animal health and welfare, plant health and the environment, in the context of the operation of the internal market. 4. The Authority shall collect and analyse data to allow the characterisation and monitoring of risks which have a direct or indirect impact on food and feed safety. 5. The mission of the Authority shall also include the provision of: (a) scientific advice and scientific and technical support on human nutrition in relation to Community legislation and, at the request of the Commission, assistance concerning communication on nutritional issues within the framework of the Community health programme; (b) scientific opinions on other matters relating to animal health and welfare and plant health; (c) scientific opinions on products other than food and feed relating to genetically modified organisms as defined by Directive 2001/18/EC and without prejudice to the procedures established therein. 6. The Authority shall provide scientific opinions which will serve as the scientific basis for the drafting and adoption of Community measures in the fields falling within its mission. 7. The Authority shall carry out its tasks in conditions which enable it to serve as a point of reference by virtue of its independence, the scientific and technical quality of the opinions it issues and the information it disseminates, the transparency of its procedures and methods of operation, and its diligence in performing the tasks assigned to it. It shall act in close cooperation with the competent bodies in the Member States carrying out similar tasks to these of the Authority. 8. The Authority, Commission and Member States shall cooperate to promote the effective coherence between risk assessment, risk management and risk communication functions. 9. The Member States shall cooperate with the Authority to ensure the accomplishment of its mission.

Article 23

Tasks of the Authority The tasks of the Authority shall be the following: (a) to provide the Community institutions and the Member States with the best possible scientific opinions in all cases provided for by Community legislation and on any question within its mission; (b) to promote and coordinate the development of uniform risk assessment methodologies in the fields falling within its mission; (c) to provide scientific and technical support to the Commission in the areas within its mission and, when so requested, in the interpretation and consideration of risk assessment opinions; (d) to commission scientific studies necessary for the accomplishment of its mission; (e) to search for, collect, collate, analyse and summarise scientific and technical data in the fields within its mission; (f) to undertake action to identify and characterise emerging risks, in the fields within its mission; (g) to establish a system of networks of organisations operating in the fields within its mission and be responsible for their operation; (h) to provide scientific and technical assistance, when requested to do so by the Commission, in the crisis management procedures implemented by the Commission with regard to the safety of food and feed; (i) to provide scientific and technical assistance, when requested to do so by the Commission, with a view to improving cooperation between the Community, applicant countries, international organisations and third countries, in the fields within its mission; (j) to ensure that the public and interested parties receive rapid, reliable, objective and comprehensible information in the fields within its mission; (k) to express independently its own conclusions and orientations on matters within its mission; (l) to undertake any other task assigned to it by the Commission within its mission. SECTION 2 ORGANISATION

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