Where the Commission, acting in accordance with Article 15(5), does not authorise the placing on the market within the Union of a traditional food from a third country or update the Union list, the applicant may submit an application including, in addition to the information already provided in accordance with Article 14, documented data relating to the duly reasoned safety objections submitted in accordance with Article 15(2). The application shall be submitted in accordance with standard data formats, where they exist pursuant to Article 39f of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
The Commission shall, without delay, forward the valid application to the Authority and make it available to Member States. The Authority shall make public the application, relevant supporting information and any supplementary information supplied by the applicant in accordance with Article 23.