However, this process should be without prejudice to existing intellectual property rights or to any provisions of Union food law protecting the investment made by innovators in gathering the information and data supporting relevant applications for authorisations.
Međutim, tim procesom ne bi se trebala dovesti u pitanje postojeća prava intelektualnog vlasništva ni odredbe propisa Unije o hrani kojima se štite ulaganja inovatora u prikupljanje informacija i podataka kojima se potkrepljuju relevantni zahtjevi za odobrenje.