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G/SPS/N/EU/13/Add.1 
12 October 2012  
 (12-5549) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 11 Octo ber 2012, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the European Union. 
 
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Food additives 
 The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/13 (4 Ap ril 2012) has been adopted as "Commission 
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 of 1 October 2012 adopting the list of flavouring 
substances provided for by Regulation (EC) No 22 32/96 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council, introducing it in Annex I to Regulation (EC)  No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and 
of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000 and Commission Decision 
1999/217/EC" (OJ L 267, 2 October 2012, pp.1-161). 
 This Regulation will enter into force on the twen tieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union .  It shall apply from 22 April 2013. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUr iServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:267:0001:0161:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUr iServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:267:0001:0161:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUr iServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012: 267:0001:0161:ES:PDF  
 On-line database of authorised flavouring subs tances approved for use in food in the EU and 
their conditions of use is available under:  https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/san co_foods/main/?event=display  
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    G/SPS/N/EU/13/Add.1 
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  Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
European Commission 
DG Health and Consumers, Unit G6-Mul tilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101, B-1049 Brussels Tel:  +(32 2) 29 59922  Fax:  +(32 2) 29 98090 
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu   
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
European Commission 
DG Health and Consumers, Unit G6-Mul tilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101, B-1049 Brussels 
Tel:  +(32 2) 29 59922  
Fax:  +(32 2) 29 98090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu   
 
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