Article 7
Application for authorisation 1. To obtain the inclusion of a primary product in the list referred to in Article 6(1), an application shall be submitted in accordance with the following provisions. 2. (a) The application shall be sent to the competent authority of a Member State. (b) The competent authority: (i) shall acknowledge receipt of the application in writing to the applicant within 14 days of its receipt. The acknowledgement shall state the date of receipt of the application; (ii) shall inform without delay the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter referred to as the "Authority"); and (iii) shall make the application and any supplementary information supplied by the applicant available to the Authority. (c) The Authority shall inform without delay the other Member States and the Commission of the application and shall make the application and any supplementary information supplied by the applicant available to them. 3. The application shall be accompanied by the following: (a) the name and address of the applicant; (b) the information listed in Annex II; (c) a reasoned statement affirming that the product complies with Article 4(1), first indent; (d) a summary of the dossier. 4. The Authority shall publish detailed guidance concerning the preparation and the submission of the application(9).