Updating the Community list
Article 7
1. Within nine months of the Authority giving its opinion, the Commission shall submit to the Committee referred to in Article 14(1) a draft regulation updating the Community list, taking account of the opinion of the Authority, any relevant provisions of Community law and any other legitimate factors relevant to the matter under consideration. In those cases where an opinion of the Authority has not been requested, the nine-month period shall start from the date the Commission receives a valid application. 2. In the Regulation updating the Community list, the considerations on which it is based shall be explained. 3. Where the draft regulation is not in accordance with the opinion of the Authority, the Commission shall explain the reasons for its decision. 4. The measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of each sectoral food law, relating to the removal of a substance from the Community list, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3). 5. On grounds of efficiency, the measures designed to amend non-essential elements of each sectoral food law, inter alia , by supplementing it, relating to the addition of a substance to the Community list and for adding, removing or changing conditions, specifications or restrictions associated with the presence of the substance on the Community list, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(4). 6. On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may use the urgency procedure referred to in Article 14(5) for the removal of a substance from the Community list and for adding, removing or changing conditions, specifications or restrictions associated with the presence of a substance on the Community list.