{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1334/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1334/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/1334",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No 2232/96 and (EC) No 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1334",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Flavourings or source materials falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 or, in relation to England, the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023",
  "text": "1. A flavouring or source material falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 may be authorised in accordance with this Regulation only when it is covered by an authorisation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.\n2. When a flavouring that is already authorised is produced from a different source falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, it will not require a new authorisation under this Regulation, as long as the new source is covered by an authorisation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and the flavouring complies with the specifications established under this Regulation.\n3. In relation to England, a flavouring or source material falling within the scope of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 may be authorised in accordance with this Regulation only when it is covered by a food and feed marketing authorisation under Part 3 of that Act.\n4. In relation to England, when a flavouring that is already authorised is produced from a different source falling within the scope of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, it will not require a new authorisation under this Regulation, as long as the new source is covered by a food and feed marketing authorisation under that Act and the flavouring complies with the specifications established under this Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Art. 12(1) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 9(9)(a) (with reg. 23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 12(2) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 9(9)(b) (with reg. 23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 12(3)(4) inserted (13.11.2025) by The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/581), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 12 heading inserted (13.11.2025) by The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/581), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1334/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:44.668890+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}