Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 of 29 April 2004 on the common organisation of the market in olive oil and table olives and amending Regulation (EEC) No 827/68 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004)
Date: 2004-06-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common organisation of markets, olive, olive oil

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Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 of 29 April 2004 on the common organisation of the
market in olive oil and table olives and amending Regulation (EEC) No 827/68

(Official Journal of the European Union L 161 of 30 April 2004)

Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 should read as follows:

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 865/2004

of 29 April 2004

on the common organisation of the market in olive oil and table olives and amending Regulation
(EEC) No 827/68

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 36 and the
third subparagraph of Article 37(2),

Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The common agricultural policy pursues the objectives set out in Article 33 of the Treaty. In order
to stabilise markets and ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community in the sector
of olive oil and table olives, it is necessary to provide for an income support to farmers maintaining
olive groves, for internal market measures to maintain the prices and supply conditions in a reason-
able frame, and for activities aiming at influencing market demand by improving the quality of
products as well as the way of presenting quality to consumers.

Income support to farmers maintaining olive groves is provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the
common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (3) through the
single farm payments as well as an aid for maintenance of olive groves.

(1) Opinion delivered on 10 March 2004 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2) Opinion delivered on 25 February 2004 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(3) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 864/2004 (see page 48 of this Official

Journal).

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(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common orga-
nisation of the market in oils and fats (1) should therefore be repealed and replaced by a new regu-
lation. On this occasion, the following Council Regulations of the olive oil sector should also be
repealed: Regulations (EEC) No 154/75 (2), (EEC) No 2754/78 (3), (EEC) No 3519/83 (4), (EEC) No
2261/84 (5), (EEC) 2262/84 (6), (EEC) No 3067/85 (7), (EEC) No 1332/92 (8), (EEC) No 2159/92 (9),
(EEC) No 3815/92 (10), (EC) No 1414/97 (11), (EC) No 1638/98 (12) and (EC) No 1873/2002 (13).

It is necessary for the marketing year to be adapted to the production cycle of all olive varieties and,
for harmonisation simplicity purposes, it should be realigned with the marketing year for other agri-
cultural products.

The descriptions and definitions of olive oil and so the denomination are an essential element of the
market order by setting quality standards and providing consumers with an adequate information
on the product.

The characteristics of the olive oil justify an interest of the consumers in spite of the high price of
that oil as compared with other oils and fats. To avoid abuses as regards the quality and authenticity
of the products presented to the consumers and the important disturbances on the market they may
involve, special measures are needed to develop and protect the quality of olives and olive oils.

(7)

The information given on labels should be guaranteed by up-to-date methods of analysis and other
measures to determine the characteristics of each olive oil standard.

(8)

Taking into account the influence of variation in the level of the productions and the world market
supply available, there should be provision for appropriate measures to be taken in order to stabilise
the internal market.

(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1513/2001 (OJ L 201,

26.7.2001, p. 4).

(2) Council Regulation (EEC) No 154/75 of 21 January 1975 on the establishment of a register of olive cultivation in
the Member States producing olive oil (OJ L 19, 24.1.1975, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3788/85 (OJ L 367, 31.12.1985, p. 1).

(3) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 of 23 November 1978 on intervention in the olive oil sector (OJ L 331,

28.11.1978, p. 13). Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (OJ L 201, 31.7.1990, p. 5).

(4) Council Regulation (EEC) No 3519/83 of 12 December 1983 laying down certain measures for acid oils from

refining of by-products of olive oil or olive-residue oil (OJ L 352, 15.12.1983, p. 2).

(5) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 of 17 July 1984 laying down general rules on the granting of aid for the
production of olive oil and of aid to olive oil producer organisations (OJ L 208, 3.8.1984, p. 3). Regulation as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 (OJ L 293, 31.10.1998, p. 50).

(6) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 of 17 July 1984 laying down special measures in respect of olive oil (OJ L
208, 3.8.1984, p. 11). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2292/2001 (OJ L 308, 27.11.2001, p. 1).
(7) Council Regulation (EEC) No 3067/85 of 29 October 1985 setting criteria for mobilisation on the Community

market for vegetable oils for supply as food aid (OJ L 290, 1.11.1985, p. 96).

(8) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1332/92 of 18 May 1992 introducing specific measures for table olives (OJ L 145,

27.5.1992, p. 1). Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2).

(9) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2159/92 of 23 July 1992 on the financing of expenditure for the establishment and

updating of the register of olive cultivation (OJ L 217, 31.7.1992, p. 8).

(10) Council Regulation (EEC) No 3815/92 of 28 December 1992 on application of the common intervention price for

olive oil in Spain (OJ L 387, 31.12.1992, p. 9).

(11) Council Regulation (EC) No 1414/97 of 22 July 1997 fixing, for the 1997/98 marketing year, the prices, aids and
percentages of aid to be retained in the olive oil sector, together with the maximum guarantee quantity (OJ L 196,
24.7.1997, p. 4).

(12) Council Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment
of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats (OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32). Regulation as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1513/2001 (OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 4).

(13) Council Regulation (EC) No 1873/2002 of 14 October 2002 setting the limits to the Community financing of work
programmes drawn up by approved operators' organisations in the olive sector provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1638/98 and derogating from Regulation No 136/66/EEC (OJ L 284, 22.10.2002, p. 1).

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(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

(16)

The system of aid for private storage contracts is deemed to be an efficient instrument to regulate
the supply of olive oil, acting as a safety net mechanism when there is serious disturbance of the
market.

The contribution of olive oil and table olive operators to improve and guarantee the quality of the
products in question and so to develop the consumers' interests and keep the balance in the market
should be encouraged and organised by a Community scheme.

Community finance, consisting of the percentage of direct aid that Member States are allowed to
withhold in accordance with Article 110i(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, is required to encou-
rage approved operators' organisations to draw up work programmes for the purpose of improving
the production quality of olive oil and table olives. Community support should be allocated in
accordance with the priorities given to the activities undertaken within the work programmes in
question.

In order to monitor the volume of olive oil trade with third countries while aiming at a simplifica-
tion of administrative procedures, provision should be made for an import licence scheme with the
lodging of a security to ensure that the transactions for which such licences are requested are
effected. If market developments made necessary a closer follow-up of exports of olive oil from the
Community, the Commission should be authorised to introduce a system of export licences.

The Community market for olive oil and table olives involves a trading system at the borders of the
Community,
including import duties. The trading system should be based on the undertakings
accepted under international agreements.

For the most part, the customs duties applicable to agricultural products under the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) agreements are laid down in the common customs tariff. However,
the
Commission should be able to suspend these duties partially or fully in order to ensure an adequate
supply of the internal market in olive oil.

To the extent necessary for its proper working, provision should be made for regulating or, when
the situation on the market so requires, prohibiting in a harmonised way the use of inward and
outward processing arrangements.

The customs duty system makes it possible to dispense with all other protective measures at the
external frontier of the Community. The internal market and duty mechanism could, in exceptional
circumstances, prove deficient. In such cases, in order not to leave the Community market without
defence against disturbances that might ensue, the Community should be able to take all necessary
measures without delay. All such measures should comply with the obligations arising from the
WTO agreements.

(17)

The proper working of a single market based on common prices would be jeopardised by the
granting of national aid. Therefore, the provisions of the Treaty governing State aid should apply to
the products covered by this common market organisation.

(18) As the common market in olive oil and table olives is in continuous development, the Member

States and the Commission should keep each other informed of these developments.

(19)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance
with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise
of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1).

(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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(20)

(21)

(22)

In view of the need to solve practical and specific problems, the Commission should be authorised
to adopt necessary measures in cases of emergency.

Expenditure incurred by the Member States as a result of the obligations arising from the application
of this Regulation should be financed by the Community in accordance with Council Regulation
(EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1).

The products included in the common market organisation established by Regulation No 136/66/
EEC which are not covered by the common market organisation in olive oil and table olives, or by
any other common market organisation, should be included in Council Regulation (EEC) No 827/68
of 28 June 1968 on the common market organisation of the market in certain products listed in
Annex II (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS AND QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

Article 1

The common organisation of the market in olive oil and table olives shall cover the following products:

CN code

Description

(a)

1509

Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

1510 00

Other oils 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
heading No 1509

(b)

0709 90 31

Olives, fresh or chilled, for uses other than the production of oil

0709 90 39

Other olives, fresh or chilled

0710 80 10

Olives (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling water), frozen

0711 20

Olives provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur
water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate
consumption

ex 0712 90 90

Olives dried, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared

2001 90 65

Olives prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

ex 2004 90 30

Olives prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen

2005 70

Olives prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen

(c)

1522 00 311-
522 00 39

Residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal waxes containing oil
having the characteristics of olive oil

2306 90 112-
306 90 19

Oil-cake and other residues resulting from the extractions of olive oil

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(2) OJ L 151, 30.6.1968, p. 16. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1272/2002 (OJ L 184,

13.7.2002, p. 7).

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The marketing year for the products listed in Article 1 shall begin on 1 July and end on 30 June of the
following year. However, the 2005/06 marketing year shall begin on 1 November 2005.

Article 2

This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to the measures provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1782/
2003.

Article 3

Article 4

1.
The use of the descriptions and definitions of olive oils and olive-pomace oils set out in Annex I shall
be compulsory as regards the marketing of the products concerned within each Member State, in intra-
Community trade and, as long as compatible with international compulsory rules, trade with third coun-
tries.

2.

Only oils referred to in points 1(a) and (b), 3 and 6 of Annex I may be marketed at the retail stage.

CHAPTER II

INTERNAL MARKET

S E C T I O N 1

Marketing standards

Article 5

1. Marketing standards covering in particular quality grading, packaging and presentation may be laid
down in respect of the products referred in Article 1(a) taking into account technical production and
marketing requirements and changes in the methods used for determining the physical, chemical and orga-
noleptic characteristics of these products.

Where such standards are laid down, the products to which they apply may be marketed in the Com-
munity only in accordance with those standards.

2. Member States shall, in the case of products which are the subject of marketing standards, check
whether those products conform to the said standards and shall apply penalties as appropriate. They shall
notify the Commission of the arrangements they have taken for the purpose of applying this paragraph.

3.
The marketing standards, as well as detailed rules for the application of this Article and, where applic-
able, the methods of analysis to be used, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 18(2).

S E C T I O N 2

Disturbance of the market

Article 6

In order to regularise the market in the event of serious disturbance thereof in certain regions of the
1.
Community, it may be decided in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2) to authorise
bodies offering sufficient guarantees, and approved by the Member States, to conclude contracts for the
storage of olive oil that they market.

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The measures referred to in the first subparagraph may be implemented inter alia when the average price
recorded on the market during a representative period is less than:

— EUR 1 779/tonne for extra virgin olive oil, or

— EUR 1 710/tonne for virgin olive oil, or

— EUR 1 524/tonne for lampante olive oil having two degrees of free acidity, this amount being reduced

by EUR 36,70/tonne for each additional degree of acidity.

An aid for the performance of the contracts referred to in paragraph 1 may be granted by means of

2.
tenders.

3.
The amount of the aid referred to in paragraph 2 and the detailed rules for implementing this Article,
in particular the quantities, qualities and duration of storage of the oils concerned shall be established in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2) in such a way as to ensure a significant impact
on the market.

S E C T I O N 3

Operators' organisations

Article 7

For the purposes of this Regulation, operators' organisations shall comprise approved producers'
1.
organisations, approved interbranch organisations or approved organisations of other operators in the
olive oil sector or their associations.

For the purposes of this Section, “approved interbranch organisations” shall mean legal entities

2.
which:

— are made up of representatives of economic activities linked to the production of and/or trade in and/

or processing of the products referred to in Article 1,

— are established at the initiative of all or some of the organisations or associations which constitute

them,

— have been recognised by the Member State in which they operate.

Article 8

1.
The amounts withheld by Member States in accordance with Article 110i(4) of Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003 shall ensure the Community financing of three-year work programmes to be drawn up by
operators' organisations in one or more of the following areas:

(a) the market follow-up and administrative management in the olive oil and table olives sector;

(b) the improvement of the environmental impacts of the olive cultivation;

(c) the improvement of the production quality of olive oil and table olives;

(d) the traceability system, the certification and protection of the quality of olive oil and table olives, in
particular the monitoring of the quality of olive oils sold to final consumers, under the authority of the
national administrations;

(e) the dissemination of information on the activities carried out by operator organisations with the aim of

improving the quality of olive oil.

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2.
The maximum Community funding for the work programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
equal to the part of the aids withheld by the Member States. This funding shall concern the eligible cost
with a maximum of:

— 100 % for the activities in areas referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1,

— 100 % for the fixed assets investments and 75 % for the other activities in the area referred to in point

(c) of paragraph 1,

— 75 % for the work programmes carried out in at least three third countries or non-producing Member
States by approved operator organisations from at least two producer Member States in areas referred
to in points (d) and (e) of paragraph 1, and 50 % for the other activities in these areas.

Complementary financing shall be ensured by the Member State up to 50 % of the costs not covered by
the Community funding.

3. Member States shall verify that the conditions for granting Community funding are met. To that end,
they shall carry out an audit of work programmes and a control plan involving a sample determined on
the basis of a risk analysis and comprising at least 30 % per year of producer organisations and all the
other operator's organisations in receipt of Community funding under this Article.

Article 9

In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2), detailed rules shall be adopted concerning:

(a) the conditions for the approval of operators' organisations and their associations;

(b) the types of activities eligible under programmes in the areas referred to in Article 8(1)(a) to (e);

(c) the procedures for the approval of programmes by the Member States;

(d) the measures concerning the control and sanctions as well as the audit of work programmes;

(e) any other detailed measure that might be necessary for the implementation of this Section.

CHAPTER III

TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES

Article 10

Imports to the Community of any of the products falling within CN codes 1509, 1510 00,
1.
0709 90 39, 0711 20 90, 2306 90 19, 1522 00 31, 1522 00 39 shall be subject to presentation of an
import licence.

Import licences shall be issued by the Member States to any applicant, irrespective of his place of establish-
ment in the Community.

Import licences shall be valid throughout the Community. Such licences shall be issued subject to the
2.
lodging of a security guaranteeing that the products are imported during the period of validity of the
licence. Except in cases of force majeure, the security shall be forfeited in whole or in part if import is not
carried out, or is carried out only partially, within that period.

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3. Where necessary for the purposes of following market developments, it may be decided, in accord-
ance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2), to make exports from the Community of any of the
products listed in Article 1(a) subject to presentation of an export licence.

The term of validity of licences and other detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be

4.
adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2).

Article 11

Unless this Regulation provides otherwise, the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff shall

1.
apply to the products listed in Article 1.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, should the market price for olive oil in the Community
2.
significantly exceed 1,6 times the average prices laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 6(1),
during a period of at least three months, it may be decided, in accordance with the procedure referred to
in Article 18(2) and so as to ensure the Community market is adequately supplied with olive oil through
imports from non-member countries:

— to suspend partially or fully the application of common customs duties to olive oil, and establish the

detailed arrangements for any such suspension,

— to open an import quota for olive oil at a reduced rate of the common customs duties and establish the

detailed arrangements for managing such quota.

These measures shall apply for the minimum necessary period, which in any event shall not exceed the
end of the marketing year in question.

Article 12

1.
The general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and the detailed rules for its
application shall apply to the tariff classification of products covered by this Regulation. The tariff nomen-
clature resulting from the application of this Regulation shall be incorporated into the common customs
tariff.

Save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation or in provisions adopted pursuant thereto, the

2.
following shall be prohibited in trade with third countries:

(a) the levying of any charge having equivalent effect to a customs duty;

(b) the application of any quantitative restriction or measures having equivalent effect.

Article 13

To the extent necessary for the proper functioning of the common organisation of the markets in the olive
oil and table olive sector, the use of inward-processing arrangements for the products listed in Article 1(a)
and (b) may be fully or partially prohibited in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2).

Article 14

If, by reason of imports or exports, the Community market in one or more of the products listed in
1.
Article 1 is affected by, or it is threatened with, serious disturbance likely to jeopardise the achievement of
the objectives set out in Article 33 of the Treaty, appropriate measures may be applied in trade with non-
members of the WTO until such disturbance or threat of disturbance has ceased.

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2.
Should the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arise, the Commission shall, at the request of a
Member State or on its own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures. The Member States shall be
notified of such measures, which shall be immediately applicable. If the Commission receives a request
from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereon within three working days following receipt of the
request.

3. Measures decided upon by the Commission may be referred to the Council by any Member State
within three working days of the day on which they were notified. The Council shall meet without delay. It
may, acting by a qualified majority, amend or annul the measure in question within one month following
the date on which it was referred to the Council.

Provisions adopted under this Article shall be applied having regard to the obligations arising from

4.
agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300(2) of the Treaty.

CHAPTER IV

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 15

Unless this Regulation provides otherwise, Articles 87, 88 and 89 of the Treaty shall apply to the produc-
tion of, and trade in, the products listed in Article 1 of this Regulation.

Article 16

Measures taken by Member States to increase the price for other vegetable oils in relation to that for olive
oil so as to ensure an outlet for nationally produced olive oil shall be incompatible with the application of
this Regulation.

Article 17

Member States and the Commission shall send each other any information necessary for the application of
this Regulation and for complying with the international obligations concerning olive oil and table olives.

Detailed rules to determine which information is necessary, as well as those for its communication and
distribution, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2).

Article 18

The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Olive Oil and Table Olives

1.
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

Article 19

Measures that are both necessary and justifiable in an emergency, in order to resolve practical and specific
problems shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18. Such measures may
derogate from certain parts of this Regulation, but only to the extent that, and for such period as, is strictly
necessary.

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Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and the provisions adopted in implementation thereof shall apply to the
expenditure incurred by the Member States in carrying out obligations pursuant to this Regulation.

Article 20

CHAPTER V

TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL RULES

Article 21

Regulation No 136/66/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 5, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

From the 1998/99 marketing year, the unit amount of the production aid provided for in para-

‘2.
graph 1 shall be EUR 1 322,5/tonne.’;

2. In Article 20d(1), ‘for the 1998/99 to 2003/04 marketing years’ are replaced by ‘from the marketing

year 1998/99’.

In Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1638/98, the first paragraph is deleted.

Article 22

Regulation (EC) No 1873/02 is hereby amended as follows:

Article 23

1. In Article 2, ‘for the 2002/2003 and 2003/04 marketing years’ is replaced by ‘from the marketing year

2002/03’;

2. In Article 3, ‘for the 2002/03 and 2003/04 marketing years’ shall be replaced by ‘from the marketing

year 2002/03’.

Article 24

Regulations (EEC) No 136/66/EEC, (EEC) No 154/75, (EEC) No 2754/78, (EEC) No 3519/83, (EEC)
1.
No 2261/84,
(EEC) No
3815/92, (EC) No 1414/97, (EC) No 1638/98 and (EC) No 1873/2002 are repealed as from 1 November
2005.

(EEC), No 2159/92,

(EEC) No 3067/85,

(EEC) No 1332/92,

(EEC) 2262/84,

However, the provisions necessary for the management and control of the production aid remain applic-
able for the purposes of managing and controlling production aid related to the marketing years up to the
marketing year 2004/05.

References to the repealed Regulation No 136/66/EEC are construed as references to this Regulation.

2.

Transitional measures may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2).

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 827/68 is hereby amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regu-
lation.

Article 25

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Article 26

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Union.

It shall apply from the marketing year 2005/06. However, Articles 21 to 23 shall apply as from
1 November 2004.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 2004.

For the Council

The President

M. McDOWELL

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DESCRIPTIONS AND DEFINITIONS OF OLIVE OIL AND OLIVE-POMACE OILS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4

ANNEX I

1. VIRGIN OLIVE OILS

Oils obtained from the fruit of the olive tree solely by mechanical or other physical means under conditions that do not
lead to alterations in the oil, which have not undergone any treatment other than washing, decantation, centrifugation
or filtration, to the exclusion of oils obtained using solvents or using adjuvants having a chemical or biochemical action,
or by re-esterification process and any mixture with oils of other kinds.

Virgin olive oils are exclusively classified and described as follows.

(a) Extra virgin olive oil

Virgin olive oil having a maximum free acidity, in terms of oleic acid, of 0,8 g per 100 g, the other characteristics
of which comply with those laid down for this category.

(b) Virgin olive oil

Virgin olive oil having a maximum free acidity, in terms of oleic acid, of 2 g per 100 g, the other characteristics of
which comply with those laid down for this category.

(c) Lampante olive oil

Virgin olive oil having a free acidity, in terms of oleic acid, of more than 2 g per 100 g, and/or the other characteris-
tics of which comply with those laid down for this category.

2. REFINED OLIVE OIL

Olive oil obtained by refining virgin olive oil, having a free acidity content expressed as oleic acid, of not more than
0,3 g per 100 g, and the other characteristics of which comply with those laid down for this category.

3. OLIVE OIL — COMPOSED OF REFINED OLIVE OILS AND VIRGIN OLIVE OILS

Olive oil obtained by blending refined olive oil and virgin olive oil other than lampante olive oil, having a free acidity
content expressed as oleic acid, of not more than 1 g per 100 g, and the other characteristics of which comply with
those laid down for this category.

4. CRUDE OLIVE-POMACE OIL

Oil obtained from olive pomace by treatment with solvents or by physical means or oil corresponding to lampante olive
oil, except for certain specified characteristics, excluding oil obtained by means of re-esterification and mixtures with
other types of oils, and the other characteristics of which comply with those laid down for this category.

5. REFINED OLIVE-POMACE OIL

Oil obtained by refining crude olive-pomace oil, having free acidity content expressed as oleic acid, of not more than
0,3 g per 100 g, and the other characteristics of which comply with those laid down for this category.

6. OLIVE-POMACE OIL

Oil obtained by blending refined olive-pomace oil and virgin olive oil other than lampante olive oil, having a free acidity
content expressed as oleic acid, of not more than 1 g per 100 g, and the other characteristics of which comply with
those laid down for this category.

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ANNEX II

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 827/68 is hereby amended as follows:

1. after the description of the goods under CN code 1108 20 00 (‘Inulin’), the following is inserted:

‘1 202 10 90

Groundnuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, in shell, other than for sowing

1 202 20 00

Groundnuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, shelled, whether or not broken

1 203 00 00

Copra

1 206 00 91 ex
1 206 00 99

Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing

1 207 10 90

Palm nuts and kernels, whether or not broken, other than for sowing

1 207 20 90

Cotton seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing

1 207 30 90

Castor oil seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing

1 207 40 90

Sesamum seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing

1 207 50 90

Mustard seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing

1 207 60 90

Safflower seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing

1 207 91 90

Poppy seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing

ex 1 207 92 98

Shea nuts (Karite nuts), whether or not broken, other than for sowing

1 207 99 91

Hemp seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing

ex 1 207 99 98

Other oilseeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken, other than for sowing

1 208

Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard’

2. After the description of the goods under CN code 1503 00 (‘Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil,

not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared’), the following is inserted:

‘15 04

15 07

15 08

15 11

15 12

15 13

15 14

ex 1 515

ex 1 516

ex 1 517

Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not
chemically modified

Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

Sunflower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions, whether or not refined, but
not chemically modified

Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined,
but not chemically modified

Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically
modified

Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (excluding jojoba oil: 1515 90 15) and their fractions,
whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-
esterified, reesterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not
further prepared,
(excluding hydrogenated castor oil, so called 'opalwax': 1516 20 10)

Margarine, edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions
of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of
heading No 1516, excluding subheadings 1517 10 10, 1517 90 10 and 1517 90 93

1 518
00
1 518 00 39

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Fixed vegetable oils, fluid, mixed for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture
of foodstuffs for human consumption

1 522 00 91

1 522 00 99

Oil foots and dregs; soapstocks, resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or
vegetable waxes, excluding those containing oil having the characteristics of olive oil

Other residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes,
excluding those containing oil having the characteristics of olive oil’

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3. After the description of the goods under CN code 2302 50 00 (‘ of leguminous plants’), the following is inserted:

‘2 304 00 00

2 305 00 00

Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting
from the extraction of soya-bean oil

Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting
from the extraction of ground-nut oil’.