Commission Regulation (EU) No 246/2014 of 13 March 2014 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 certain flavouring substances  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-03-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: flavouring, foodstuff, market approval, withdrawal from the market








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14.3.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 74/58








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 246/2014
of 13 March 2014
         
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 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(4) 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)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 (3) has adopted the list of flavouring substances and has 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 referred 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)


Part A of the Union list contains a number of substances for which the European Food Safety Authority has not completed the evaluation or it has requested additional scientific data to be provided for completion of the evaluation. For 19 of those substances, the persons responsible for placing the flavouring substances on the market have now withdrawn their applications. Therefore, those flavouring substances should be removed from the Union list.












(5)


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












(6)


Pursuant to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 flavouring substances not included in the Union list may be placed on the market as such and used in or on food until 22 October 2014. Since flavouring substances are already on the market in the Member States and in order to ensure smooth transition to a Union authorisation procedure, transitional measures have been laid down for food containing those substances in Commission Regulation (EU) No 873/2012 (4).












(7)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on 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, 13 March 2014.


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)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 of 1 October 2012 adopting 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)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 873/2012 of 1 October 2012 on transitional measures concerning 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 entries are deleted:














‘01.015


Vinylbenzene


100-42-5


 


11022


 


 


1


EFSA




02.122


p-Mentha-1,8(10)-dien-9-ol


3269-90-7


 


 


 


 


2


EFSA




09.809


p-Mentha-1,8(10)-dien-9-yl acetate


15111-97-4


 


10743


 


 


2


EFSA




12.114


Diethyl trisulfide


3600-24-6


1701


11451


 


 


4


EFSA




12.120


2,8-Epithio-p-menthane


68398-18-5


1685


 


 


 


4


EFSA




12.159


Methyl methanethiosulfonate


2949-92-0


 


11520


 


 


3


EFSA




12.256


Ethyl propyl trisulfide


31499-70-4


1695


 


 


 


4


EFSA




12.272


Propyl propanethiosulfonate


1113-13-9


1702


 


 


 


3


EFSA




13.029


2,5-Dimethylfuran


625-86-5


1488


2208


 


 


3


EFSA




13.030


2-Methylfuran


534-22-5


1487


2209


 


 


3


EFSA




13.092


2-Ethylfuran


3208-16-0


1489


11706


 


 


3


EFSA




14.145


Pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde


1003-29-8


 


11393


 


 


4


EFSA




14.163


1-Methylpyrrole-2-carboxaldehyde


1192-58-1


 


 


 


 


4


EFSA




14.169


1-Ethyl-2-pyrrolecarboxaldehyde


2167-14-8


 


 


 


 


4


EFSA




15.064


2,5-Dimethylthiophene


638-02-8


 


 


 


 


4


EFSA




15.072


2-Ethylthiophene


872-55-9


 


11614


 


 


4


EFSA




15.091


2-Methylthiophene


554-14-3


 


11631


 


 


4


EFSA




15.092


3-Methylthiophene


616-44-4


 


11632


 


 


4


EFSA




16.124


(1R,2S,5R)-N-cyclopropyl-5-methyl-2-isopropyl cyclohexanecarboxamide


73435-61-7


 


 


 


 


1


EFSA’