Commission Regulation (EC) No 1352/2007 of 16 November 2007 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Customs Tariff
Date: 2007-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, olive oil, tariff nomenclature

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1352/2007

of 16 November 2007

amending Annex I

to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical

nomenclature and on the Customs Tariff

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23
July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the
Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a)
thereof,

Whereas:

(3)

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The amendment made to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91
in 2007 is to be applied from 1 January 2008. To be
consistent, this Regulation should apply from the same
date.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Customs Code
Committee,

(1)

chemical

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 of 11 July
1991 on the characteristics of olive oil and on the
relevant methods of analysis (2) has been updated by
Regulation (EC) No 702/2007 to take account of the
conclusions of
adjustments
introduced in Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 consisted
in particular in the determination of the percentage of
2-glyceryl monopalmitate which is more precise for the
detection of esterified oils, and the decreasing of the limit
value for stigmastadiene in virgin olive oils which makes
it possible to achieve a better separation of virgin and
refined olive oils.

experts. The

(2)

As a consequence, Additional note 2 to Chapter 15 of
the Combined Nomenclature on olive oils should also be
adjusted.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is amended as set out
in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

It shall apply from 1 January 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 November 2007.

For the Commission

László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as

(EC) No 1214/2007 (OJ

last amended by
L 286,

Commission Regulation
31.10.2007, p. 1).

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

(EC) No 702/2007 (OJ L 161, 22.6.2007, p. 11).

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In Chapter 15 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, Additional note 2 is amended as follows:

ANNEX

(1) Additional note 2.B.1 is amended as follows:

(a) Point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a) one of the following wax contents:

(i) a wax content not more than 300 mg/kg or

(ii) a wax content more than 300 mg/kg but not more than 350 mg/kg provided that:

— the total aliphatic alcohol content is not more than 350 mg/kg or

— the erythrodiol and uvaol content is not more than 3,5 %.’

(b) Point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) one of the following two characteristics:

(i) a content in 2-glyceryl monopalmitate not more than 0,9 % if palmitic acid is not more than 14 % of the

total content in fatty acids;

(ii) a content in 2-glyceryl monopalmitate not more than 1,1 % if palmitic acid is not more than 14 % of the

total content in fatty acids;’

(2) Additional note 2.B.2 is amended as follows:

(a) Point (ij) is replaced by the following:

‘(ij) one of the following two characteristics:

(i) a content in 2-glyceryl monopalmitate not more than 0,9 % if palmitic acid is not more than 14 % of the

total content in fatty acids;

(ii) content in 2-glyceryl monopalmitate not more than 1,0 % if palmitic acid is not more than 14 % of the

total content in fatty acids;’

(b) Point (l) is replaced by the following:

‘(l) a content in stigmastadienes not more than 0,10 mg/kg;’

(3) In additional note 2.C point (f) is replaced by the following:

‘(f) one of the following two characteristics:

(i) a content in 2-glyceryl monopalmitate not more than 0,9 % if palmitic acid is not more than 14 % of the total

content in fatty acids;

(ii) a content in 2-glyceryl monopalmitate not more than 1,0 % if palmitic acid is not more than 14 % of the total

content in fatty acids;’

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(4) In additional note 2.D points (a) – (d) are replaced by the following points (a) – (e):

‘(a) one of the following wax contents:

(i) a wax content more than 350 mg/kg or

(ii) a wax content more than 300 mg/kg but not more than 350 mg/kg provided that:

— the total aliphatic alcohol content is more than 350 mg/kg and

— the erythrodiol and uvaol content is more than 3,5 %.

(b) an erythrodiol and uvaol content more than 4,5 %;

(c) a content in 2-glyceryl monopalmitate not more than 1,4 %;

(d) the sum of transoleic isomers not more than 0,20 % and the sum of translinoleic + translinolenic isomers not

more than 0,10 %;

(e) a difference between the HPLC and theoretical content of triglycerides with ECN42 of not more than 0,6.’

(5) In additional note 2.E the second sentence is replaced by the following:

‘Oils of this subheading must have a content in 2-glyceryl monopalmitate not more than 1,4 %, a sum of transoleic
isomers of less than 0,4 %, a sum of translinoleic + translinolenic isomers of less than 0,35 % and a difference
between the HPLC and theoretical content of triglycerides with ECN42 not more than 0,5.’