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 (EC) No 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No 2232/96 and (EC) No 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC, and in particular Articles 11(3) and 25(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, 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 approved for use in and on foods and their conditions of use.
(2)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 adopts the list of flavouring substances and introduces it in Annex I Part A 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)
The Union list of flavourings and source materials 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 one of those substances, namely N-Ethyl (2E,6Z)-nonadienamide, the persons responsible for placing this flavouring substance on the market have now withdrawn the application. Therefore, that flavouring substance 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)
Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 873/2012 lays down transitional measures for food containing flavouring substances which are lawfully placed on the market or labelled prior to 22 October 2014. Those transitional measures may not be sufficient for foods containing flavouring substances to be removed from the Union list after 22 October 2014. Therefore, an additional transitional period should be provided for food containing N-Ethyl (2E,6Z)-nonadienamide in order to enable food business operators to adapt to the requirements laid down in this Regulation.
(7)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
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