Commission Regulation (EC) No 2152/2001 of 31 October 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2815/98 concerning marketing standards for olive oil
Date: 2001-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing standard, olive oil, originating product, product quality

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2152/2001

of 31 October 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 2815/98 concerning marketing standards for olive oil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 136/66/EEC of
22 September 1966 on the common on organisation of the
market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1513/2001 (2), and in particular Article 35a thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2815/98 of 22
December 1998 concerning marketing standards for
olive oil (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 640/
1999 (4), stipulates that the designation of origin of extra
virgin and virgin olive oils other than those benefiting
from a protected designation of origin or
from a
protected geographical
indication in accordance with
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992
on the protection of geographical indications and desig-
nations of origin for agricultural products and food-
stuffs (5), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2796/2000 (6),
to correspond to the
is
geographical area in which the oil was obtained which,
in most cases, is the same area as that in which the oil
was extracted from the olives by a mill located in that
area. However,
in some cases the area in which the
olives are harvested is different from that in which the
is extracted and that information relating to the
oil
designation of origin should be indicated on packaging
intended for consumers in the Member States or on
labels linked to that packaging so as not to mislead
consumers.

The current system relating to olive oil marketing stan-
should be
dards expires on 31 October 2001.
continued for a fixed period so that more compre-
hensive marketing standards can be established for the
sector.

It

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats,

(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 56.
(4) OJ L 82, 26.3.1999, p. 8.
(5) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 324, 21.12.2000, p. 26.

Regulation (EC) No 2815/98 is amended as follows:

1. In Article 1, the final sentence of the first paragraph is

replaced by the following:

‘If that option is taken up by an operator designation of the
origin shall be authorised solely in the cases provided for
and in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.’

2. Article 3(2) is replaced by the following:

The designation of origin, where this indicates the
‘2.
European Community or a Member State,
in cases other
than those referred to in paragraph 1, shall correspond to
the geographical area in which the olives concerned or the
oil extracted from the olives were obtained. For
the
purposes of this Regulation, an extra virgin or a virgin olive
oil shall be deemed to have been obtained in the geograph-
ical area, within the meaning of this subparagraph, where
the mill in which the oil was extracted from the olives is
located.

In the case of olives harvested in a Member State or a third
country different from the geographical area in which the
oil from those olives was obtained, the designation of origin
shall indicate both the area where the olives were harvested
and the area where the oil was obtained, using the following
wording: “(Extra) virgin olive oil obtained in (name of the
European Community or of the member State concerned)
from olives harvested
European
Community, the Member State or the country concerned)”.

in (name of

the

3.
In the case of blends of “extra virgin olive oils” or
“virgin olive oils” in which more than 75 % originates, for
the purposes of the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, in
the same Member State or in the Community, the main
origin may be designated provided that it is followed by the
indication “section of (extra) virgin olive oils more than
(75 %) of which originated in … (designation of origin)”.’

3. In Article 2, paragraph 3 becomes paragraph 4.

4. In Article 4(2), the following subparagraph is added:

‘Establishments approved pursuant to this Regulation which
meet the approval conditions laid down for the 2000/01
marketing year may continue to be regarded as approved.’

5. In Article 7,

‘31 October 2001’

is replaced by ‘30 June

2002’.

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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 2001.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission