COMMISSION REGUL ATION (EU) 2015/1102 
of 8 July 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 certain flavour ing subst ances 
(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 Articles 11(3) and 25(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(4) 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) adop ted the list of flavouring substances and 
introduced it in Annex I Part A 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 Union list of flavourings and source mat erials contains a number of substances for which the European Food 
Safety Auth ority (EFSA) has requeste d additional scientific data to be provided for completion of the evaluation 
before specifi c deadlines established in the Annex I Part A to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008. 
(5)  In the case of the five following substances: 1-methyl naphthalene (FL No 01.014), furfuryl methyl ether (FL 
No 13.052), difurfur yl sulphide (FL No 13.056), difurfur yl ether (FL No 13.061) and ethyl furfuryl ether (FL 
No 13.123), the deadline of 31 December 2013 was established in the Union list for the submission of request ed 
additional scientifi c data. 
(6)  Where the necessar y information is not provided by the time requeste d, the flavouring substance in question will 
be remo ved from the Union list. 
(7)  Additional scientifi c data following specific EFSA Opinions (4) relating to these substances have not been 
submitte d by 30 June 2014. Theref ore, these flavouri ng substances should be remo ved from the Union list. 
(8)  Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 should theref ore be amended according ly. 9.7.2015 L 181/54 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(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 Flavour ing Group Evaluation 78 (FGE.78), The EFSA Jour nal (2009) 931, 1-59; Scientif ic Opinion on Flavour ing 
Group Evaluation 67, Revision 1 (FGE.67Rev .1), EFSA Jour nal 2011; 9(10):2315; Scientific Opinion on Flav ouring Group Evaluation 65 
(FGE.65), EFSA Jour nal 2010; 8(7):1406. (9)  Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 873/2012 (1) lays down transitional measures for food containing 
flavouring substances which are lawfully placed on the mark et or labelled prior to 22 October 2014. Those 
transitional measures may not be sufficient for foods containing flavouri ng substances to be remo ved from the 
Union list after 22 October 2014. Theref ore, an additional transitional period should be provided for food 
containing the five flavouring substances in order to enable food business operat ors to adap t to the requirements 
laid down in this Regulation. 
(10)  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 
Foods containing the five flavouring substances mentioned in the Annex to this Regulation which are lawfully placed on 
the mark et or labelled prior to 9 months after the entr y into force of this Regulation whic h do not compl y with Part A 
of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 may be mark eted until their date of minimum durability or use by date . 
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. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member State s. 
Done at Brussels, 8 July 2015. 
For the Commission 
The Presid ent 
Jean-Claude JUNCKER  9.7.2015 L 181/55 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)Commission Regulation (EU) No 873/2012 of 1 October 2012 on transitional measures concer ning the Union list of flavourings and 
source materials set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 267, 
2.10.2012, p. 162). ANNEX 
In Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008, the following entr ies are delet ed: 
‘01.014 1-Methy lnaphthalene 90-12-0 1335 11009   4 JECF A/EFSA 
13.052 Furf uryl meth yl ether 13679-46-4 1520 10944   4 EFSA 
13.056 Difur furyl sulfi de 13678-67-6 1080 11438   4 EFSA 
13.061 Difur furyl ether 4437-22-3 1522 10930   4 EFSA 
13.123 Ethyl furfuryl ether 6270-56-0 1521 10940   4 EFSA ’   9.7.2015 L 181/56 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN