G/TBT/N/EU/879  
11 March 2022  
(22-2201) 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/tb t/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], 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 oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not 
chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions wit h oils or fractions of 
heading 1509.; Edible oils and fats. Oilseeds (ICS 67.200)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Implementing Regulation laying down rules on conformity checks of 
marketing standards fo r olive oil and methods of analysis of the characteristics of olive 
oil (11 page(s), in English; 20 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft act includes provisions from the current EU legislation 
on olive oil standards (Regulation (EEC)  No 2568/91 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 
No 29/2012) which relate to conformity checks carried out by EU Member States' control 
authorities, collaboration on those checks, obligations of control authorities and operators 
as well as methods of analysis for determining the characteristics of olive oil.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 repealed and replaced Council Regulation 
(EC) No 1234/2007, Part II, Title II, Chapter I, Section 1 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 
lays down rules on marketing standards for olive oil and empowers the Commission to 
adopt delegated and implementing acts in that respect. In order to ensure the smooth 
functioning of the olive oil market in the ne w legal framework, certain rules had to be 
adopted by means of such acts. This act replaces Commission Regulation (EEC) No 
2568/91 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 29/2012, which should 
therefore be repealed. This act only introduces minor cl arifications and deletes obsolete 
provisions and aligns with the revised International Olive Oil Trade Standard for Olive Oils 
and Olive -Pomace Oils.; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/EU/879  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 
December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural 
products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 
1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/20 07 
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013R1308 -
20211207&qid=1644418351560   
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 o f 11 July 1991 on the characteristics of olive 
oil and olive -residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis:  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT /?uri=CELEX%3A01991R2568 -
20191020   
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 29/2012 of 13 January 2012 on marketing 
standards for olive oil:  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32012R0029   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  One day following that of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the EU  
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/2022/TBT/EU/22_2167_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2 022/TBT/EU/22_2167_01_e.pdf