COMMISSION REGUL ATION (EU) 2015/1760 
of 1 Oct ober 2015 
amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council as regards remo val from the Union list of the flavour ing subst ance p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al 
(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 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 
on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouri ng proper ties for use in and on foods and amending Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No 2232/96 and (EC) No 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC (1), and 
in particular Article 11(3) thereof, 
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 
establishing a common author isation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings (2), and in 
particular Article 7(6) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 lays down a Union list of flavouri ngs and source mater ials appro ved 
for use in and on foods and their conditions of use. 
(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 (3) adopt ed a list of flavouri ng substances and 
introduced that list in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008. 
(3)  That list may be updated in accordance with the common procedure refer red to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) 
No 1331/2008, either on the initiative of the Commission or following an application submitted by a Member 
State or by an interested party. 
(4)  The flavouring substance p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (FL-no 05.117) is included in the list as a flavouri ng substance 
under evaluation for whic h additional scientifi c data must be submitte d. Such data has been submitte d by the 
applicant. 
(5)  The European Food Safety Authority evaluated the submitted data and concluded in its scientific opinion of 
24 June 2015 (4) that p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (FL-no 05.117) is genoto xic in vivo and theref ore its use as a 
flavouring substance raises a safety concer n. 
(6)  The substance p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (FL-no 05.117) occurs naturally in the peel of fruits from some plants 
from the genera Perilla, Citrus and others. 
(7)  According ly the use of p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (FL-no 05.117) does not comply with the general conditions of 
use for flavouri ngs set out in Article 4(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008. Consequently , that substance should 
be remo ved from the list without dela y in order to protect human health. 
(8)  The Commission should use the urgency procedure for the remo val of a substance whic h raises a safety concer n 
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(1)OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 34. 
(2)OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 1. 
(3)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 of 1 Octo ber 2012 adopt ing the list of flavouring substances provided for by 
Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 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, 2.10.2012, p. 1). 
(4)Scientific Opinion on Flav ouring Group Evaluation 208 Revision 1 (FGE.208Rev1): Consideration of genotoxicity data on represen ­
tatives for 10 alicy clic aldehydes with the α,β-unsaturation in ring/side-chain and precursors from chemical subgroup 2.2 of FGE.19. 
EFSA Jour nal 2015;13(7):4173, 28 pp. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4173 Available online: www .efsa.europa.eu/efsajou rnal (9)  Due to low use levels and the low total amount that p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (FL-no 05.117) has been added to 
foods in the Union, the presence of that substance in food does not raise immediate safety concer ns. Theref ore, 
taking into account also technical reasons, transitional periods should be laid down to cover food containing the 
flavouring substance p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (FL-no 05.117), whic h has been placed on the mark et or dispatche d 
from third countr ies for the Union, before the date of entr y into force of this Regulation. 
(10)  Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(11)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
1. Foods to whic h the flavouri ng substance p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (FL-no 05.117) has been added which were 
lawfully placed on the mark et before the date of entr y into force of this Regulation may be mark eted until their date of 
minimum durability or use by date. 
2. Foods imported into the Union to whic h the flavouri ng substance p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (FL-no 05.117) has been 
added may be mark eted until their date of minimum durability or use by date where the imp orter of such food can 
demonstrate that they were dispatched from the third countr y concer ned and were en route to the Union before the 
date of entr y into force of this Regulation. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the Europ ean 
Union. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member State s. 
Done at Brussels, 1 October 2015. 
For the Commission 
The Presid ent 
Jean-Claude JUNCKER  2.10.2015 L 257/28 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     ANNEX 
In Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008, the following entr y is deleted: 
‘05.117 p-Mentha-1,8-dien-7-al 2111-75-3 973 11788   2 EFSA ’   2.10.2015 L 257/29 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN