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Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1244 Article 2

Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1244 Article 2

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.

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