1. This Regulation shall apply to:
(a)
flavourings which are used or intended to be used in or on foods, without prejudice to more specific provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003;
(b)
food ingredients with flavouring properties;
(c)
food containing flavourings and/or food ingredients with flavouring properties;
(d)
source materials for flavourings and/or source materials for food ingredients with flavouring properties.
2. This Regulation shall not apply to:
(a)
substances which have exclusively a sweet, sour or salty taste;
(b)
raw foods;
(c)
non-compound foods and mixtures such as, but not exclusively, fresh, dried or frozen spices and/or herbs, mixtures of tea and mixtures for infusion as such as long as they have not been used as food ingredients.