Commission Regulation (EC) No 1750/2004 of 8 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 on marketing standards for olive oil
Date: 2004-10-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing standard, olive oil

9.10.2004

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1750/2004

of 8 October 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 on marketing standards for olive oil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

the positive organoleptic attributes listed in Annex XII to
Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 cannot cover the full range
of olive varieties or tastes of virgin olive oils.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22
September 1966 on the establishment of a common organi-
in oils and fats (1), and in particular
sation of
Article 35a thereof,

the market

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Under Article 5(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1019/2002 (2),
indications of organoleptic properties
may appear on the labelling only if they are based on
the results of a method of analysis provided for in
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the char-
acteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the
relevant methods of analysis (3).

Under the tenth indent of Article 2(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2568/91, evaluation of the organoleptic char-
acteristics is to be made in accordance with the method
set out in Annex XII to that Regulation. Only the positive
attributes listed in that Annex may be used. However,
owing to the very small number of organoleptic
attributes set out in that Annex, operators are encoun-
tering difficulties in describing the organoleptic character-
istics on the labels of their oil.

(3)

As there is no objective method at present of verifying
certain organoleptic characteristics that greatly enhance
virgin olive oils as regards flavour, aroma and colour,
such attributes cannot appear on the labels. Moreover,

(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 97).

(2) OJ L 155, 14.6.2002, p. 27. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 406/2004 (OJ L 67, 5.3.2004, p. 10).

(3) OJ L 248, 5.9.1991, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1989/2003 (OJ L 295, 13.11.2003, p. 57).

(4)

In view of the fact that research into new organoleptic
evaluation methods launched by an international agency
with a view to widening the range of positive attributes
of virgin olive oils is still under way and is likely to take
longer than anticipated in 2003, a new date should be
fixed from which these methods are to apply, allowing
sufficient time for completion of the research. The date
from which Article 5(c) of Regulation (EC) No
1019/2002 applies
should therefore be postponed
again. Setting the date from which that Article is to
apply at 1 July 2006 coincides with the beginning of
the 2006/2007 marketing year.

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 should be amended
accordingly.

(6)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The third subparagraph of Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1019/2002 is hereby replaced by the following:

‘Article 5(c) shall apply from 1 July 2006.’

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 8 October 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission