ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/234/oj 1/4COMMI SSION REGUL ATION (EU) 2024/234 
of 15 Januar y 2024
amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
as regards the remo val of certain flavour ing subst ances from the Union list 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION,
Havi ng regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Havi ng 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 proper ties for use in and on foods and amending Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No 2232/96 and (EC) No 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC (1), and in 
particular Article 11(3) thereof,
Havi ng regard to Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008
establishing a common author isation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings (2), 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 mat erials approved for 
use in and on foods and their conditions of use.
(2) By Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 (3)the list of flavouri ng substances was adopt ed and 
introduced in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008. 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 follo wing an application submitted by a Member State or by an interested party.
(3) The Union list of flavourings and source mat erials laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 contains, 
among others, a number of flavouri ng substances for which , at the time of adopt ion of that list by Regulation (EU) 
No 872/2012, the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Author ity’) had not been able to rule out a safety risk to 
the health of the consumer on the basis of the data available and had, theref ore, considered that additional data was 
necessar y to complet e their evaluation. Those substances were included in the Union list of flavouring substances on 
the condition that safety data addressing the concer ns expressed by the Auth ority was submitted before the expir y of 
specifi c deadlines established in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008. However , the operat ors 
responsible for placing the follo wing eight substances on the market as flavouring substances, for which the 
Authority requested additional scientifi c data, did not submit the required data and withdrew their respective 
applications: 2-Phen ylpent-2-enal (FL No 05.175); 2-Phenyl- 4-methyl-2-hex enal (FL No 05.222); 
2-(sec-Butyl) – 4,5-dimethyl -3-thiazoline (FL No 15.029); 4,5-Dimethyl- 2-ethyl-3-thiazoline (FL No 15.030); 
2,4-Dimethyl- 3-thiazoline (FL No 15.060); 2-Isobutyl-3-thiazoline (FL No 15.119); 5-Ethy l-4-methyl- 
2-(2-meth ylprop yl)-thiazoline (FL No 15.130); 5-Ethy l-4-methyl-2-(2-butyl) -thiazoline (FL No 15.131) (‘substances 
concer ned’).The substances concer ned should theref ore be removed from the Union list of flavouring substances.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 should theref ore be amended according ly.
(1)OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 34.
(2)OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 1.
(3)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 of 1 Octo ber 2012 adopting the list of flavouring substances provided for 
by Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council, introducing it in Annex I to Regulation (EC) 
No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000 and 
Commission Decision 1999/217/EC (OJ L 267, 2.10.2012, p. 1).
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2024/234  16.1.2024ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/234/oj 2/4(5) Foods to whic h any of the substances concer ned have been added and whic h have been placed on the mark et in the 
Union or whic h have been dispatched from third countr ies and were in transit to the Union before the entr y into 
force of this Regulation should be allowed to be mark eted in the Union until their date of minimum durability or 
use-by date. This transitional measure should not apply to preparations to whic h any of the substances concer ned 
has been added and which are not intended to be consumed as such, as the manuf acturers of food products that use 
those preparations as ingredients know their compo sition when they use them.
(6) The measures provid ed for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION:
Article 1
Amendments for Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
Transitional measures
1. Foods to which any of the flavouring substances listed in the Annex to this Regulation has been added and whic h 
were lawfully placed on the market before the entr y into force of this Regulation may continue to be mark eted until their 
date of minimum durability or use-by date.
2. Foods imported into the Union to which any of the flavouring substances listed in the Annex to this Regulation has 
been added may be mark eted until their date of minimum durability or use-by date, if the impor ter of such food can 
demonstrate that they were dispatche d from the third countr y concer ned and were in transit to the Union before the entr y 
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 whic h 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 underst ood as mixtures of one or more flavourings to 
which other food ingredients such as food additives, enzymes or carriers may be also incor porat ed to facilitate their 
storag e, sale, standardisation, dilution or dissolution.
Article 3
Entr y into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union.OJ L, 16.1.2024 EN  ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/234/oj 3/4This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 Januar y 2024 .
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYENOJ L, 16.1.2024 EN  ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/234/oj 4/4ANNEX 
In Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008, the followi ng entr ies are deleted:
05.175 2-Phenylpen t-2-enal 3491-63-2 2 EFSA
05.222 2-Phenyl- 4-methyl-2- hexe nal 26643-92-5 2 EFSA
15.029 2-(sec-Butyl)-4,5-dimethyl -3-thiazoline 65894-82-8 1059 2 EFSA
15.030 4,5-Dimethyl- 2-ethyl-3-thiazoline 76788-46-0 1058 2 EFSA
15.060 2,4-Dimethyl- 3-thiazoline 60755-05-7 2 EFSA
15.119 2-Isobutyl-3-thiazoline 39800-92-5 2 EFSA
15.130 5-Ethyl-4- methyl-2-(2-meth ylprop yl)-thiazoline 83418-53-5 1761 2 EFSA
15.131 5-Ethyl-4- methyl-2-(2-butyl)-thiazoline 83418-54-6 1762 2 EFSAOJ L, 16.1.2024 EN  