1999/217/EC: Commission Decision of 23 February 1999 adopting a register of flavouring substances used in or on foodstuffs drawn up in application of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 October 1996 (notified under number C(1999) 399) (text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION DECISION of 23 February 1999 adopting a register of flavouring substances used in or on foodstuffs drawn up in application of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 October 1996 (notified under number C(1999) 399) (text with EEA relevance) (1999/217/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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;
Whereas, in application of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96, Member States, within one year of the entry into force of the abovementioned Regulation, shall notify to the Commission the list of flavouring substances accepted for use in or on foodstuffs marketed on their territory;
Whereas, in application of Article 3(2) of the said Regulation, notified flavouring substances, the legal use of which in one Member State must be recognised by the other Member States, shall be entered in a register adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of the Regulation;
Whereas it is recognized that in certain Member States, some flavouring substances are presently subject to restrictive or prohibitive measures;
Whereas it is recognised that such restrictive or prohibitive measures in force at the date of adoption of the current Decision may continue to be applied, pending completion of the evaluation of the substance;
Whereas, in any case, where a Member State notes that a flavouring substance contained in the register may constitute a danger to public health, it may invoke the safeguard procedure provided for in Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96;
Whereas the register forms the basis of the programme for evaluation provided for in Article 4 of the said Regulation which is to be adopted within ten months of the adoption of the register;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Foodstuffs.