Commission Regulation (EC) No 632/2008 of 2 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 on marketing standards for olive oil
Date: 2008-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: labelling, marketing standard, olive oil

L 173/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.7.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 632/2008

of 2 July 2008

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 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri-
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri-
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular
Articles 113(1)(a) and 121(h)
in conjunction with Article 4
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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 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).

The work launched by the International Olive Council
(ICO) with a view to finding new organoleptic evaluation
methods enabling the range of positive attributes of
to be expanded was concluded in
virgin olive oils
November 2007. Community legislation is
in the
process of being brought
into line with the revised
method of the IOC. It would however be premature to
apply Article 5(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002

(3)

(4)

(5)

from the formal start of the 2008/09 marketing year,
i.e. on 1 July 2008.

The date on which Article 5(c) of Regulation (EC)
No 1019/2002 becomes applicable should therefore be
postponed until 30 November 2008, which coincides
with the date on which the bottling of oils from the
2008/09 marketing year will begin.

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

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

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 30 November 2008.’

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 July 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008,
p. 61).

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

lation (EC) No 1044/2006 (OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 20).

(3) 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).