Commission Regulation (EU) No 985/2013 of 14 October 2013 amending and correcting Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain flavouring substances  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: flavouring, food safety, foodstuff, health control, market approval








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15.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 273/18








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 985/2013
of 14 October 2013
         
amending and correcting Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain flavouring substances
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard 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 flavouring properties 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 authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings (2), and in particular Article 7(5) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 lays down a Union list of flavourings and source materials for use in food and their conditions of use.












(2)


Part A of the Union list contains both evaluated flavouring substances, which are assigned no footnotes and flavourings substances under evaluation, which are identified by footnote references 1 to 4 in that list.












(3)


The European Food Safety Authority has completed the assessment of 23 substances which are currently listed as flavouring substances under evaluation. Those flavouring substances were assessed by the EFSA in the following flavouring group evaluations: evaluation FGE.06rev4 (3) (substances FL Nos 02.229, 05.137, 09.562 and 09.854), evaluation FGE.07rev4 (4) (substances FL Nos 02.145, 02.194, 02.211, 07.198 and 07.204), evaluation FGE.08rev5 (5) (substance FL No 15.134), evaluation FGE.09rev4 (6) (substances FL Nos 07.202 and 07.255), evaluation FGE.12rev3 (7) (substance FL No 05.182), evaluation FGE.20rev4 (8) (substances FL Nos 05.026, 05.028, 05.029 and 09.858), evaluation in FGE.23rev4 (9) (substance FL No 13.170), evaluation in FGE.63rev1 (10) (substances FL Nos 02.252, 07.190 and 09.936), evaluation FGE.94rev1 (11) (substance FL No 16.095) and evaluation FGE.304 (12) (substance FL No 16.123). The EFSA concluded that those flavouring substances do not give rise to safety concerns at the estimated levels of dietary intakes.












(4)


Therefore, the flavouring substances assessed in those flavouring group evaluations should be listed as evaluated substances by deleting footnote references 1 to 4 in the relevant entries of the Union list.












(5)


After publication of the Union list, certain errors have been identified in that list. Those errors are related to names, CAS-numbers, JECFA-numbers or secondary components of the followings substances: FL Nos 02.093, 02.110, 05.085, 08.004, 09.016, 09.131, 09.132, 09.266, 09.578, 09.596, 09.880, 12.075, 12.086, 12.273, 13.028, 13.190, 14.067 and 17.015. The errors should be corrected.












(6)


Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 should therefore be amended and corrected accordingly.












(7)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



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
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 States.
Done at Brussels, 14 October 2013.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 34.

(2)  
            OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 1.

(3)  
            EFSA Journal 2013; 11(2):3091.

(4)  
            EFSA Journal 2012; 10(10):2899.

(5)  
            EFSA Journal 2012; 10(7):2837.

(6)  
            EFSA Journal 2012; 10(7):2836.

(7)  
            EFSA Journal 2012; 10(12):2993.

(8)  
            EFSA Journal 2012; 10(12):2994.

(9)  
            EFSA Journal 2013; 11(2):3092.

(10)  
            EFSA Journal 2012; 10(10):2900.

(11)  
            EFSA Journal 2012; 10(6):2747.

(12)  
            EFSA Journal 2012; 10(10):2903.




ANNEX
Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 is amended as follows:






(1)


the entry concerning FL No 02.093 is replaced by the following:













‘02.093


(Z)-Non-6-en-1-ol


35854-86-5


324


10294


 


 


 


JECFA’














(2)


the entry concerning FL No 02.110 is replaced by the following:













‘02.110


2,6-Dimethylhept-6-en-1-ol


36806-46-9


348


 


At least 90 %; secondary component 5-10 % 2,6-dimethyl-5-hepten-1-ol


 


 


JECFA’














(3)


the entry concerning FL No 02.145 is replaced by the following:













‘02.145


2,6-Dimethylocta-1,5,7-trien-3-ol


29414-56-0


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(4)


the entry concerning FL No 02.194 is replaced by the following:













‘02.194


Octa-1,5-dien-3-ol


83861-74-9


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(5)


the entry concerning FL No 02.211 is replaced by the following:













‘02.211


Undeca-1,5-dien-3-ol


56722-23-7


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(6)


the entry concerning FL No 02.229 is replaced by the following:













‘02.229


(-)-3,7-Dimethyl-6-octen-1-ol


7540-51-4


 


 


At least 90 % cis-isomer; secondary components 2-6 % di-unsaturated and saturated C10 alcohols, 2-4 % citronellyl acetate and 2-3 % citronellal


 


 


EFSA’














(7)


the entry concerning FL No 02.252 is replaced by the following:













‘02.252


4,8-Dimethyl-3,7-nonadien-2-ol


67845-50-5


1841


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(8)


the entry concerning FL No 05.026 is replaced by the following:













‘05.026


o-Tolualdehyde


529-20-4


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(9)


the entry concerning FL No 05.028 is replaced by the following:













‘05.028


m-Tolualdehyde


620-23-5


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(10)


the entry concerning FL No 05.029 is replaced by the following:













‘05.029


p-Tolualdehyde


104-87-0


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(11)


the entry concerning FL No 05.085 is replaced by the following:













‘05.085


(Z)-Hept-4-enal


6728-31-0


320


2124


At least 93 % of Z-form of hept-4-enal; secondary component 2-5 % of E-form of hept-4-enal.


 


 


JECFA’














(12)


the entry concerning FL No 05.137 is replaced by the following:













‘05.137


Dec-4(cis)-enal


21662-09-9


 


 


At least 90 %; secondary component at least 5 % trans-isomer


 


 


EFSA’














(13)


the entry concerning FL No 05.182 is replaced by the following:













‘05.182


2,6,6-Trimethylcyclohex-2-ene-1-carboxaldehyde


432-24-6


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(14)


the entry concerning FL No 07.190 is replaced by the following:













‘07.190


Octa-1,5-dien-3-one


65213-86-7


1848


 


Mixture of stereoisomers: 60-90 % E-form and 10-40 % Z-form


 


 


EFSA’














(15)


the entry concerning FL No 07.198 is replaced by the following:













‘07.198


Pseudo-ionone


141-10-6


 


11191


 


 


 


EFSA’














(16)


the entry concerning FL No 07.202 is replaced by the following:













‘07.202


2,6,6-Trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-one


20013-73-4


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(17)


the entry concerning FL No 07.204 is replaced by the following:













‘07.204


3,3,6-Trimethylhepta-1,5-dien-4-one


546-49-6


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(18)


the entry concerning FL No 07.255 is replaced by the following:













‘07.255


l-Piperitone


4573-50-6


1856


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(19)


the entry concerning FL No 08.004 is replaced by the following:













‘08.004


Lactic acid


50-21-5


930


4


 


 


 


EFSA’














(20)


the entry concerning FL No 09.016 is replaced by the following:













‘09.016


Menthyl acetate


16409-45-3


431


206


 


 


 


JECFA’














(21)


the entry concerning FL No 09.131 is replaced by the following:













‘09.131


DL-Isobornyl propionate


2756-56-1


1391


412


 


 


 


EFSA’














(22)


the entry concerning FL No 09.132 is replaced by the following:













‘09.132


Benzyl propionate


122-63-4


842


413


 


 


 


EFSA’














(23)


the entry concerning FL No 09.266 is replaced by the following:













‘09.266


Hexyl 2-butenoate


19089-92-0


1807


10688


 


 


 


EFSA’














(24)


the entry concerning FL No 09.562 is replaced by the following:













‘09.562


trans-3-Hexenyl formate


56922-80-6


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(25)


the entry concerning FL No 09.578 is replaced by the following:













‘09.578


Hexyl (E)-but-2-enoate


1617-25-0


 


10688


 


 


 


EFSA’














(26)


the entry concerning FL No 09.596 is replaced by the following:













‘09.596


Isopentyl-(Z)-but-2-enoate


10482-55-0


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(27)


the entry concerning FL No 09.854 is replaced by the following:













‘09.854


cis-3-Hexenyl 2-methylbutanoate


53398-85-9


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(28)


the entry concerning FL No 09.858 is replaced by the following:













‘09.858


Phenylmethyl 2-methyl-2-butenoate


67674-41-3


 


 


Mixture of stereoisomers: 60-90 % E-form and 10-40 % Z-form


 


 


EFSA’














(29)


the entry concerning FL No 09.880 is replaced by the following:













‘09.880


(Z)-Hept-4-en-2-yl butanoate


94088-12-7


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(30)


the entry concerning FL No 09.936 is replaced by the following:













‘09.936


4,8-Dimethyl-3,7-nonadien-2-yl acetate


91418-25-6


1847


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(31)


the entry concerning FL No 12.075 is replaced by the following:













‘12.075


Methyl prop-1-enyl disulfide


5905-47-5


569


11712


At least 90 %; secondary components 3-4 % dimethyl disulfide and 3-4 % di-1-propenyl disulfide


 


 


JECFA’














(32)


the entry concerning FL No 12.086 is replaced by the following:













‘12.086


S-Methyl 2-methylbutanethioate


42075-45-6


486


 


 


 


 


JECFA’














(33)


the entry concerning FL No 12.273 is replaced by the following:













‘12.273


3-(Methylthio)heptanal


51755-70-5


1692


 


At least 92 %; secondary component 5-7 % (E)-hept-2-enal


 


 


EFSA’














(34)


the entry concerning FL No 13.028 is replaced by the following:













‘13.028


2-Butyl-5 or 6-keto-1,4-dioxane


65504-95-2


1484


2206


 


 


 


EFSA’














(35)


the entry concerning FL No 13.170 is replaced by the following:













‘13.170


2S-cis-Tetrahydro-4-methyl-2-(2-methyl-1-propenyl)-2H-pyran


3033-23-6


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(36)


the entry concerning FL No 13.190 is replaced by the following:













‘13.190


3-((2-methyl-3-furyl)thio)-2-butanone


61295-44-1


1525


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(37)


the entry concerning FL No 14.067 is replaced by the following:













‘14.067


2-Ethoxy-3-methylpyrazine


32737-14-7


793


11921


At least 82 % 2-ethoxy-3-methylpyrazine. Secondary components 15 % 2–ethoxy-5-methylpyrazine (CAS no 67845-34-5) or 2-ethoxy-6-methylpyrazine (CAS no 53163-97-6)


 


 


EFSA’














(38)


the entry concerning FL No 15.134 is replaced by the following:













‘15.134


2,5-Dihydroxy-1,4-dithiane


40018-26-6


550


 


Mixture of diastereoisomers: 25-30 % of (2S,5S and 2R,5R) and 70-75 % (2S,5R and 2R,5S)


 


 


EFSA’














(39)


the entry concerning FL No 16.095 is replaced by the following:













‘16.095


Cyclopropanecarboxamide, N-[(2E)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-yl]-


744251-93-2


1779


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(40)


the entry concerning FL No 16.123 is replaced by the following:













‘16.123


(1R,2S,5R)-N-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide


68489-09-8


 


 


 


 


 


EFSA’














(41)


the entry concerning FL No 17.015 is replaced by the following:













‘17.015


DL-Methylmethioninesulphonium chloride


3493-12-7


1427


761


 


 


 


EFSA’