commission regulation eu 2016 1244 of 28 july 2016 amending annex i to regulation ec no 1334 2008 of the european parliament and of the council as regards certain flavouring substances from a grou related with an alpha beta unsaturation structure text with eea relevance the union list of flavourings and source materials is laid down in annex i to regulation ec no 1334 3008. the union list was established by commission implementing regulation eu no 872 2012 which will be amended by the notified measure. this amendment concerns the modification of the conditions of use of the following five substances belonging to the chemical subgrou 2.2 of fge.19 fge.208 p-mentha-1 8-dien-7-ol fl no. 02.060 myrtenol fl no. 02.091 myrtenal fl no. 05.106 mentha-1 8-dien-7-yl acetate fl no. 09.278 and myrtenyl acetate fl no. 09.302 . the european food safety authority efsa had requested additional scientific data for completion of the evaluation as flavouring substances of the grou of substances fge.208 composed of ten substances which includes these substances. efsa evaluated the data on this grou of substances in its opinion of 24 june 2015 and concluded that the representative substance of the grou p-mentha-1 8-dien-7-al fl-no 05.117 is genotoxic in vivo and therefore its use as a flavouring substance raises a safety concern. this substance was withdrawn from the union list with commission regulation eu 2015 1760 in an urgent procedure. this measure had been notified earlier in g sps n eu 149. the efsa opinion is available as scientific opinion on flavouring grou evaluation 208 revision 1 fge.208rev1 consideration of genotoxicity data on representatives for ten alicyclic aldehydes with the a a-unsaturation in ring side-chain and precursors from chemical subgrou 2.2 of fge.19. efsa journal 2015 13 7 4173 28 pp. doi 10.2903 j.efsa.2015.4173 online at www.efsa.europa.eu efsajournal. four additional substances from this grou 2 6 6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-carboxaldehyde fl no. 05.121 myrtenyl formate fl no. 09.272 myrtenyl-2-methylbutyrate fl no. 09.899 and myrtenyl-3-methylbutyrate fl no. 09.900 not supported by industry were also withdrawn from the union list in a separate later measure commission regulation eu 2016 637 . this measure was notified in notification g sps n eu 157. the current measure concerns a modification of the conditions of use of the abovementioned five remaining substances of the grou fge.208 to better reflect the current real uses in the food categories specified and not in others pending the evaluation by efsa of further additional safety studies which were formally requested by the commission to interested parties. once the process of evaluation of these new data is completed which includes the efsa risk assessment these substances will be subject of consideration of an appropriate legislative measure taking into account the efsa assessment