1. Any request for placing a novel food on the market within the Union submitted to a Member State in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 and for which the final decision has not been taken before 1 January 2018 shall be treated as an application under this Regulation. The Commission shall not apply Article 11 of this Regulation, where a risk assessment has already been provided by a Member State on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 and no other Member State has raised any reasoned objection to that assessment.
2. Foods not falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 258/97, which are lawfully placed on the market by 1 January 2018 and which fall within the scope of this Regulation may continue to be placed on the market until a decision is taken in accordance with Articles 10 to 12 or Articles 14 to 19 of this Regulation following an application for authorisation of a novel food or a notification of a traditional food from a third country submitted by the date specified in the implementing rules adopted in accordance with Article 13 or 20 of this Regulation respectively, but no later than 2 January 2020.
3. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt measures concerning the requirements referred to in Articles 13 and 20 necessary for the application of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 30(3).