The substances concerned are p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-ol, myrtenol, myrtenal, p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-yl acetate, and myrtenyl acetate. The producers have been requested to provide additional toxicity studies by 30 April 2016 to enable the European Food Safety Agency to further evaluate the substances' safety.
The Commission regulation is subject to the so called regulatory procedure with scrutiny. This means that now that the Council has given its consent, the Commission may adopt the regulation, unless the European Parliament objects.