Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1244 of 28 July 2016 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain flavouring substances from a group related with an alpha beta unsaturation structure (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2016/1244
• Articles: 4

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

1.   Foods to which any of the five flavouring substances have been added: p -mentha-1,8-dien-7-ol (FL No 02.060), myrtenol (FL No 02.091), myrtenal (FL No 05.106), p -mentha-1,8-dien-7-yl acetate (FL No 09.278) and myrtenyl acetate (FL No 09.302) which do not comply with the conditions set out in the Annex to this Regulation and were lawfully placed on the market before the entry into force of this Regulation, may be marketed until their date of minimum durability or use by date.

2.   Foods imported into the Union to which any of the flavouring substances referred to in paragraph 1 have been added and which do not comply with the conditions set out in the Annex to this Regulation may be marketed until their date of minimum durability or use by date where the importer of such foods can demonstrate that they were dispatched from the third country concerned and were en route to the Union before the entry into force of this Regulation.

3.   The transitional periods provided in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to mixtures of flavourings.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Table 1 of Section 2 of Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 is amended as follows:

(a)

the entry concerning FL No 02.060 is replaced by the following:

‘02.060

p -Mentha-1,8-dien-7-ol

536-59-4

974

2024

In categories 1, 3, 4.2, 5 (except category 5.3), 6, 7, 14.1, 14.2 and 16

1

EFSA’

(b)

the entry concerning FL No 02.091 is replaced by the following:

‘02.091

Myrtenol

515-00-4

981

10285

In categories 1, 3, 5, 6, 14.1, 14.2, 15 and 16

1

EFSA’

(c)

the entry concerning FL No 05.106 is replaced by the following:

‘05.106

Myrtenal

564-94-3

980

10379

In categories 1, 2, 3, 4.2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14.1, 14.2, 15, and 16

1

EFSA’

(d)

the entry concerning FL No 09.278 is replaced by the following:

‘09.278

p -Mentha-1,8-dien-7-yl acetate

15111-96-3

975

10742

In categories 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14.1, 14.2 and 16

1

EFSA’

(e)

the entry concerning FL No 09.302 is replaced by the following:

‘09.302

Myrtenyl acetate

1079-01-2

982

10887

In categories 1, 3, 4.2, 5, 6, 7, 14.1, and 14.2

1

EFSA’