draft commission regulation eu amending annex i to regulation ec no 1334 2008 of the european parliament and of the council as regards removal from the union list of certain flavouring substances text with eea relevance . the union list of flavourings and source materials is laid down in annex i to regulation ec no 1334 3008. it was established by commission implementing regulation eu no 872 2012 of 1 october 2012 adopting the list of flavouring substances notified in g sps n eu 13 add.1 12 october 2012 . this list is now proposed to be amended by this notified commission regulation eu amending annex i to regulation ec no 1334 2008 of the european parliament and of the council as regards removal from the union list of certain flavouring substances. this addendum concerns the removal of the following 5 substances flavis no. name of the substance cas no. jecfa no. coe 01.014 1-methylnaphthalene 90-12-0 1335 11009 13.052 furfuryl methyl ether 13679-46-4 1520 10944 13.056 difurfuryl sulfide 13678-67-6 1080 11438 13.061 difurfuryl ether 4437-22-3 1522 10930 13.123 ethyl furfuryl ether 6270-56-0 1521 10940 the substance 1-methylnaphthalene flavis no 01.014 was evaluated by the european food safety authority efsa in 2008 efsa opinion on flavouring grou evaluation 78 fge.78 and additional toxicity data on it were requested. this was repeated in the revision of this efsa opinion of 2011 opinion on flavouring grou evaluation 78 revision 1 fge.78rev1 . the three substances furfuryl methyl ether flavis no 13.052 difurfuryl ether flavis no 13.061 and ethyl furfuryl ether flavis no 13.123 were evaluated by efsa in 2011 opinion on flavouring grou fge 67 rev.1 and efsa identified a concern for genotoxicity. therefore genotoxicity data was required to address this concern. the substance difurfuryl sulphide flavis no 13.056 was evaluated by efsa in 2009 opinion on flavouring grou evaluation 65 fge.65 www.efsa.europa.eu en scdocs doc 1406.pdf and an adequate toxicity study to establish a noael was requested. the commission implementing regulation eu no 872 2012 laid down in 2012 the deadline of 31 december 2013 for the submission of the requested additional scientific data for these five substances. this regulation also indicated that where the necessary information is not provided by the time requested the flavouring substance in question will be removed from the union list. the data requested concerning these five substances has not been submitted by the time of the deadline of 31 december2013. these five substances are therefore removed from the union list as sufficient data to support their safety have not been provided.