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Ref : EIC 230/2/12

18 October 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 846/2012
European Union (EU)* : Regulation on Food Flavourings

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 169/2011 dated 16 March 2011, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted two Regulations to introduce the list of flavouring substances into Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 as well as to provide transitional measures for those flavourings and source materials that are not included in the Union list. Details are set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 873/2012, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:267:0001:0161:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:267:0162:0164:EN:PDF

DETAILS

2. Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 adopts and introduces the list of flavouring substances which contained in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 into Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008. It shall apply from 22 April 2013. To ensure a smooth authorization procedure, Regulation (EC) No 873/2012 provides transitional measures for food containing flavouring substances as well as for food containing flavourings and source materials as referred in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) 1334/2008. Regulation (EU) 873/2012 shall enter into force on 22 October 2012.

ENQUIRIES

3. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556. 

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.