The protection of scientific data provided by an applicant should not prevent other applicants from seeking the inclusion of a novel food in the Union list on the basis of their own scientific data or by referring to the protected data with the agreement of the initial applicant.
Níor cheart cosaint sonraí eolaíocha arna soláthar ag iarratasóir a bheith ina cosc ar iarratasóirí eile bia núíosach a áireamh ar liosta an Aontais a iarraidh ar bhonn a gcuid sonraí eolaíocha féin nó trí thagairt do na sonraí cosanta le comhaontú ón iarratasóir tosaigh.