2000/489/EC: Commission Decision of 18 July 2000 amending Decision 1999/217/EC adopting a register of flavouring substances used in or on foodstuffs (notified under document number C(2000) 1722) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: directory, flavouring, food additive, food production, foodstuff, intellectual property

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 July 2000

amending Decision 1999/217/EC adopting a register of flavouring substances used in or on
foodstuffs

(notified under document number C(2000) 1722)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/489/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 28 October 1996 laying
down a Community procedure for flavouring substances used
or intended for use in or on foodstuffs (1), and in particular
Article 3(2) thereof,

State has indicated that they do not require protection
and can therefore be moved to the open parts of the
Register.

Decision 1999/217/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
for Foodstuffs,

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96,
the Commission through Decision 1999/217/EC (2)
adopted a register of flavouring substances used in or on
foodstuffs.

It is necessary, in order to proceed with their evaluation,
to integrate a number of substances that have not yet
been entered in the above register, and to amend a
number of entries in the light of new findings.

For a number of substances, in application of Commis-
sion Recommendation 98/282/EC of 21 April 1998 on
the ways in which the Member States and signatory
States to the European Economic Area should protect
intellectual property in connection with the develop-
ment and manufacture of flavouring substances referred
to in Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European
Parliament and of the Council (3), the notifying Member

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 1999/217/EC is hereby amended as shown in the
Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 18 July 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 299, 23.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 84, 27.3.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 127, 29.4.1998, p. 32.

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1. Part 1 is amended as follows:

(a) The following entries are inserted:

ANNEX

CAS

Name

FEMA

CoE

Einecs

Comments

Synonyms

Systematic name

52-89-1

l-Cysteine hydrochloride

11746

200-157-7

52-90-4

l-Cysteine

3263

10464

200-158-2

56-40-6

Glycine

3287

11771

200-272-2

94-13-3

Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate

2951

678

202-307-7

(1)

(1)

(1)

592-98-3

3-Octene

5090-41-5

9-Octadecenal

7367-90-0

Ethyl 3-hydroxyoctanoate

10603

230-919-4

21662-08-8

5-Decenal

22610-86-2

5-Octen-2-one

23747-34-4

2-Propionyl-3-methyl-furan

30086-02-3

3,5-Octadien-2-one

11171

10970

2148

39924-52-2

Methyl 3-oxo-2-(pent-2-
enyl)cyclopentaneacetate

3410

10821

254-705-5

37160-77-3

3-Hydroxy-2-octanone

38533-54-9

1,3,5,8-Undecatetraene

40716-66-3

Trans-3,7,11-trimethyldo-
deca-1,6,10-trien-3-ol

255-053-4

56554-87-1

16-Octadecenal

59303-07-0

2-Methyl-3-furfurylthiopyra-
zine

3189

72401-53-7

Tannic acid

276-638-0

136954-20-6

3-Mercapto hexyl acetate

3851

136954-21-7

3-Mercapto hexyl butyrate

3852

D-glucose pentakis-
[3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(tri-
hydroxy-3,4,5-ben-
zoyl)oxy]benzoate]

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(b) For the following substances entries in the ‘Comments’ column shall be amended as follows:

CAS

Comments

CAS

Comments

56-41-7

56-84-8

56-85-9

56-87-1

56-89-3

58-08-2

59-51-8

60-18-4

61-90-5

63-68-3

67-03-8

70-54-2

71-00-1

72-18-4

73-32-5

74-79-3

80-68-2

83-67-0

107-35-7

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(2)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(2)-(3)

(1)-(3)

107-95-9

130-89-2

130-95-0

147-85-3

150-30-1

302-72-7

302-84-1

443-79-8

516-06-3

549-56-4

595-39-1

657-27-2

3130-87-8

3184-13-2

6119-47-7

6119-70-6

7200-25-1

7549-43-1

10098-89-2

(1)-(3)

(2)-(3)

(2)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(2)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(2)-(3)

(2)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(2)-(3)

(1)-(3)

(c) For the CAS No 36413-60-2 the entry in the ‘Comments’ column shall be deleted.

(d) The two entries shown below are deleted:

CAS

Name

FEMA

CoE

Einecs

Comments

Synonyms

Systematic name

25007-53-8

Ethyl 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl ether

236-136-4

132344-97-9

2-Butyl-4-methyl(4H)pyrrolidino[1,2e]-
1,3,5-dithiazine

(e) The entry for CAS No 13184-86-6 is replaced by the following:

4-Butyl-2-methyl-1-
aza-3,5-dithiabicy-
clo[4.3.0]nonane

CAS

Name

FEMA

CoE

Einecs

Comments

Synonyms

Systematic name

13184-86-6

Ethyl 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl ether

236-136-4

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(f) The entry for CAS No 132344-97-9 is replaced by the following:

CAS

Name

FEMA

CoE

Einecs

Comments

Synonyms

Systematic name

132344-97-9

2-Butyl-4-methyl(4H)pyrrolidino[1,2d]-
1,3,5-dithiazine

4-Butyl-2-methyl-
1-aza-3,5-dithiabi-
cyclo[4.3.0]nonane

2.

In Part 2 the entry for CoE 10038 is replaced by the following:

CoE

Name

FEMA

Einecs

Comments

Synonyms

Systematic name

10038

1-Isoamyloxy-1-ethoxypro-
pane

Propanal ethyl 3-methyl-
butyl acetal

1-Ethoxy-1-(2-methylpro-
poxy)ethane

3. Part 4 is amended as follows:

(a) The following entry is inserted:

Date of receipt of the notification by the Commission

CN064

3.2.1999

(b) The following entries are deleted:

Date of receipt of the notification by the Commission

CN011

CN020

CN025

CN028

CN029

CN032

CN038

CN040

CN044

CN055

CN056

CN062

17.10.1998

17.10.1998

17.10.1998

17.10.1998

17.10.1998

17.10.1998

17.10.1998

17.10.1998

17.10.1998

17.10.1998

17.10.1998

26.10.1998