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(Non-legislative acts) 
REGUL ATIONS 
COMMISSION REGUL ATION (EU) No 957/2014 
of 10 September 2014 
amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards the remo val of 
mont an acid ester s (E 912) 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 
on food additives (1), and in particular Articles 10(3) and 14 thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 lays down a Union list of food additives appro ved for use in foods 
and their conditions of use. 
(2)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 (2) lays down specifi cations for food additives that are listed in 
Annex es II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. 
(3)  Montan acid esters (E 912) are wax es author ised as glazing agents for surface treatment of citrus fruit, melons, 
papa yas, mangos, avocados and pineapples in accordance with Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. 
(4)  Article 32(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 provides that all food additives that were already permitte d in the 
Union before 20 Januar y 2009 are subject to a new risk assessment by the European Food Safety Auth ority (‘the 
Author ity’). 
(5)  For that purpose, a program for the re-evaluation of food additives is laid down in the Commission Regulation 
(EU) No 257/2010 (3). Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 257/2010 the re-evaluation of food additives other than 
colours and sweet eners has to be done until 31 December 2018. However , certain food additives, including 
montan acid esters (E 912), havehigher priority and should be evaluated earlier . 
(6) Pursuant to Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) No 257/2010, the interested business operator(s) and any other inter ­
ested party shall submit the data relat ed to the re-evaluation of a food additive within the period set by the 
Author ity in its call for data. 
(7)  On 15 Febr uary 2012 the Author ity launched a public call for scientific data on montan acid esters (E 912) (4) 
inviting inter ested parties and stakeholders to submit the requested data or to provide information by 1 June 
2012. 11.9.2014 L 270/1 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16. 
(2)Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 laying down specificatio ns for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to 
Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1). 
(3)Commission Regulation (EU) No 257/2010 of 25 March 2010 setting up the program for the re-evaluation of appro ved food additives in 
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives (OJ L 80, 26.3.2010, 
p. 19). 
(4)http://www .efsa.europa.eu/en/dataclosed/call/120215a.htm (8)  On 7 June 2013 the Author ity delivered a Scientific Opinion on the re-evaluation of montan acid esters (E 912) 
as food additives (1). The opinion stated that no data on toxicokinetics and reproductive and developmental toxi­
city of montan acid esters were available. The available data on shor t-term and subchr onic toxicity , genot oxicity 
and chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity of montan acid esters were limite d. No data on the usag e were submitted. 
Based on those limitations the Author ity concluded that montan acid esters as food additive could not be 
evaluated . 
(9)  Article 6(5) of Regulation (EU) No 257/2010 provides that where the information necessar y for the compl etion 
of the re-evaluation of a particular food additive is not provided by the interest ed business operat or(s) and any 
other interest ed party to the Author ity within the set deadlines, the food additive may be remo ved from the 
Union list of appro ved food additives in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10(3) of Regulation 
(EC) No 1333/2008. According ly, the specifications of this food additive should also be remo ved from Regulation 
(EU) No 231/2012. 
(10)  Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, the Union list of appro ved food additives shall be 
amended in accordance with the procedure refer red to in Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parlia ­
ment and of the Council (2). 
(11)  Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 provides that the Union list of food additives may be update d 
either on the initiative of the Commission or following an application. 
(12)  Theref ore, Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 and the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 should 
be amended by remo ving montan acid esters (E 912) from the Union list of author ised food additives since due 
to the absence of recent scientific evidence its inclusion in the list can no long er be justified. 
(13)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
the Food Chain and Animal Health, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 
Foods containing montan acid esters (E 912) that have been lawfully placed on the market before the entr y into for of 
this Regulation, may continue to be market ed until stoc ks are exhaust ed. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member State s. 
Done at Brussels, 10 September 2014. 
For the Commission 
The Presid ent 
José Manuel BARR OSO  11.9.2014 L 270/2 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)EFSA Jour nal 2013; 11(6):3236. 
(2)Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 establishing a common author isa­
tion procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 1). ANNEX I 
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended as follows: 
(1)  In Part B, in Section 3 ‘Additives other than colours and sweet eners’, the entr y for the food additive E 912 is delet ed. 
(2)  In Part E, in food categor y 4.1.1 ‘Entire fresh fruit and vegetables’, the entr y for the food additive E 912 is delet ed.   
ANNEX II 
In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012, the entr y for food additive E 912 is delet ed.  11.9.2014 L 270/3 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN