G/TBT/N/EU/1041  
21 December 2023  
(23-8748) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  1509, 
Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified; 1510, 
Other oi ls and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not 
chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of 
heading 1509;  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified documen t: Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2104 
supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council as regards marketing standards for olive oil; (4 page(s), in English), (16 page(s ), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  Limit values for the characteristics of olive oil set out in 
Regulation (EU) 2022/2104 are set in accordance with the IOC Trade Standard applying 
to olive oil and olive -pomace oil (IOC Trade Standard). The IOC Tra de Standard changed 
with regard to one chemical parameter, Δ -7-stigmastenol, and Delegated Regulation (EU) 
2022/2104 should be amended accordingly.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The purpose of this a ct is to align Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 
2022/2104 of 29 July 2022 with IOC Trade standard with regard to one chemical 
parameter, Δ -7-stigmastenol; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/EU/1041  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2104 of 29 July 2022 supplementing 
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards 
marketing standards for olive oil, and repealing Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 
and Commission I mplementing Regulation (EU) No 29/2012  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2022.284.01.0 001.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A20
22%3A284%3ATOC  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2024 (estimation)  
Proposed date of entry into force:  June 2024 (On the twentieth day following that of 
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union).  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_14793_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_14793_01_e.pdf