Commission Regulation (EC) No 1044/2006 of  7 July 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 on marketing standards for olive oil
Date: 2006-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: labelling, marketing standard, olive oil

L 187/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.7.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1044/2006

of 7 July 2006

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard 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 (1), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 (2) provides
for a system designating certain optional references for
olive oils. Under Article 5(c) of that Regulation,
indi-
cations of
the organoleptic properties of virgin olive
oils 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 of 11 July
1991 on the characteristics 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, organoleptic characteristics are to
be evaluated 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, because of
the very small number of organoleptic attributes listed in
in
that Annex,
describing the organoleptic characteristics of their virgin
olive oils on labels.

experiencing difficulties

traders

are

The International Olive Oil Council’s work to find new
organoleptic evaluation methods that expand the range
of positive attributes of virgin olive oils has now been
concluded for extra virgin olive oils enjoying protected
designation of origin status. Work is still continuing for

virgin olive oils without protected designation of origin
status.

and tastes of

to allow the more exhaustive vocabulary
In order
range of
necessary for better describing the wide
varieties
virgin olive oils without
protected designation of origin status, a new deadline
should be laid down that
the
implementation of an organoleptic evaluation method
that expands the range of positive attributes of virgin
olive oils, with the exception of those with protected
designation of origin status.

is sufficient

to permit

The date of application of Article 5(c) of Regulation (EC)
No 1019/2002 should therefore be postponed to the
date on which the 2008/09 marketing year commences.

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

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Olive Oil and Table Olives,

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

‘Article 5(c) shall apply from 1 July 2008.’

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 7 July 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 97, corrected by OJ L 206, 9.6.2004, p. 37.
(2) OJ L 155, 14.6.2002, p. 27. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1750/2004 (OJ L 312, 9.10.2004, p. 7).

(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).