Article 5

The Council, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 100a of the Treaty, shall adopt: 1. Appropriate provisions concerning: flavouring sources composed of foodstuffs, and of herbs and spices normally considered as foods, flavouring sources composed of vegetable or animal raw materials not normally considered as foods, flavouring substances obtained by appropriate physical processes or by enzymatic or microbiological processes from vegetable or animal raw materials, chemically synthesized or chemically isolated flavouring substances chemically identical to flavouring substances naturally present in foodstuffs or in herbs and spices normally considered as foods, chemically synthesized or chemically isolated flavouring substances chemically identical to flavouring substances naturally present in vegetable or animal raw materials not normally considered as foods, chemically synthesized or chemically isolated flavouring substances other than those referred to in the fourth and fifth indents, source materials used for the production of smoke flavourings or process flavourings, and the reaction conditions under which they are prepared; 2. Any special provisions which may be necessary, for the protection of public health or trade, concerning: the use and methods of production of flavourings, including physical processes or enzymatic or microbiological processes for the production of flavouring preparations and flavouring substances as referred to in Article 1 (2) (b) (i) and (c), the conditions for the use of the substances and materials referred to in Article 6 (1); 3. Amendments concerning the maximum limits laid down in the Annexes.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.