G/SPS/N/EU/149  
 
23 October 2015  
(15-5615)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate-
General 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Flavourings, food 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1760 of 1 October 
2015 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards removal from the Union list of the flavouring substance 
p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (Text with EEA relevance)  Language(s): English, French and 
Spanish  Number of pages: 3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/EEC/15_4299_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/EEC/15_4299_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/EEC/15_4299_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The Union list of flavourings and source materials is laid down 
in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/3008. It was established by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 of 1 October 2012 adopting the list of 
flavouring substances notified in G/SPS/N/EU/13/Add.1 (12 October 2012) which is now 
amended by this Regulation. 
This addendum concerns the removal of the flavouring substance p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-
al (FL-no 05.117) from the European Union li st of flavourings following the European 
Food Safety Authority opinion of 24 June 2015 which concluded that p-mentha-1,8-dien-
7-al (FL-no 05.117) is genotoxic in vivo  and therefore its use as a flavouring substance 
raises a safety concern. 
The measure has been taken in urgency in view of this EFSA assessment. 
It is therefore not notified as a draft but as a final measure. It is submitted for information of our WTO partners. 
The EFSA opinion is available as Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 208 
Revision 1 (FGE.208Rev1): Consideration of genotoxicity data on representatives for ten alicyclic aldehydes with the α,β-unsaturation in ring/side-chain and precursors from 
chemical subgroup 2.2 of FGE.19. EFSA Journal 2015;13(7):4173, 28 pp. 
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4173 Online at: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/efsajournal . G/SPS/N/EU/149 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 7 September 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 2 October 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 3 October 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Food Safety, Unit G6-Multilateral International Relations 
Rue Froissart 101 
B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090 
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit G6-Multilateral International Relations 
Rue Froissart 101 
B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090 
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu