L 11328 Official Journal of the European Union 20.4.2004 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 7 April 2004 amending Decision 1999/217/EC as regards the register of flavouring substances (notified under document number C(2004) 1273) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/357[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 223296 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 October 1996 laying down a Community procedure for flavouring substances used or intended for use in or on foodstuffs (*), as amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1882/2003 (3, and in particular Article 3(2) thereof, Whereas: Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 lays down the procedure for the establishment of rules in respect of flavouring substances used or intended to be used in foodstuffs. That Regulation provides for the adoption of a register of flavouring substances (‘the register)) following notifica- tion by the Member States of a list of the flavouring substances which may be used in or on foodstuffs marketed in their territory and on the basis of scrutiny by the Commission of that notification. 1 In addition, Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 provides for a programme of evaluation of the flavouring substances contained in the register (‘the evaluation programme’) in order to check if those substances comply within the general criteria for their use set out in the Annex to that Regulation. Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 provides that the persons responsible for placing the flavouring substances on the market are to forward data necessary () OJ L 299, 23.11.1996, p. 1. () OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1. ( ( ( ( 3) 4 5 6 ) ) ) ) ) 0J ) 0J for their evaluation to the Commission. That Regulation also provides that following completion of the evalua- tion programme, the list of flavouring substances the use of which is to be authorised to the exclusion of others, is to be adopted. Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2232/96, Commission Decision 1999/217/EC of 23 February 1999 adopting a register of flavouring substances used in or on foodstuffs drawn up in application of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 October 1996 (), as last amended by Decision 2002/ 113/EC (%), adopted a register of flavouring substances used in or on foodstuffs. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000 of 18 July 2000 laying down the measures necessary for the adop- tion of an evaluation programme in application of Regu- lation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council (°), provides for certain information to be submitted by the person responsible for placing certain flavouring substances contained in the register on the market in order to enable the evaluation of the substance to be carried out. Commission Regulation (EC) No 622/2002 of 11 April 2002 establishing deadlines for the submission of infor- mation for the evaluation of chemically defined flavouring substances used in or on foodstuffs (%), estab- lished time limits for the submission of information for the evaluation of flavouring substances as required L 84,27.3.1999, p. 1. L 49, 20.2.2002, p. 1. L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 8. L 95, 12.4.2002, p. 10.