
Article 1 
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 August 2017.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 20 October 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX


ANNEX  1. 

Denatonium benzoate CAS: 3734-33-6
Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) CAS: 67-63-0
Methyl ethyl ketone (butanone) (MEK) CAS: 78-93-3
 2. Synonyms of the authorised products are available in various official languages of the Union in the European Customs Inventory of Chemical Substances database.
 3. The term “absolute ethanol” is used in this Annex in conformity with the terminology used by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
 4. 
Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol, the following substances shall be added:


— 1,0 litre isopropyl alcohol (IPA),
— 1,0 litre methyl ethyl ketone (MEK),
— 1,0 gram denatonium benzoate.
 5. A dye may be added to the denatured alcohol to give it a characteristic colour, making it immediately identifiable.

