3.8.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L197/53 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 18 July 2000 amending Decision 1999/217/EC adopting a register of flavouring substances used in or on foodstuffs (notified under document number C(2000) 1722) (Text with EEA relevance) (2000/489/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 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 ('), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96, the Commission through Decision 1999/217/EC (3 adopted a register of flavouring substances used in or on foodstuffs. () It is necessary, in order to proceed with their evaluation, to integrate a number of substances that have not yet been entered in the above register, and to amend a number of entries in the light of new findings. (3)  For a number of substances, in application of Commis- sion Recommendation 98/282/EC of 21 April 1998 on the ways in which the Member States and signatory States to the European Economic Area should protect intellectual property in connection with the develop- ment and manufacture of flavouring substances referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council (), the notifying Member OJ L 299, 23.11.1996, p. 1. ’) O] L 84, 27.3.1999, p. 1. OJ L 127, 29.4.1998, p. 32. State has indicated that they do not require protection and can therefore be moved to the open parts of the Register. () Decision 1999/217EC should therefore be amended accordingly. (5)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Foodstuffs, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Decision 1999/217EC is hereby amended as shown in the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 July 2000. For the Commission David BYRNE Member of the Commission