Transitional measures
Article 2
1. Foods to which any of the flavouring substances listed in the Annex to this Regulation have been added, which do not comply with the conditions set out in that Annex and which have been 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 to which any of the flavouring substances listed in the Annex to this Regulation have been added, which do not comply with the conditions set out in that Annex and which have been imported into the Union from a third country 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 in transit to the Union before the entry into force of this Regulation. 3. The transitional measures provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to preparations, not intended to be consumed as such, to which any of the flavouring substances listed in the Annex to this Regulation has been added. 4. For the purposes of this Regulation, preparations shall be understood as mixtures of one or more flavourings to which other food ingredients such as food additives, enzymes or carriers may be also incorporated to facilitate their storage, sale, standardisation, dilution or dissolution.