Commission Regulation (EC) No 1183/2008 of 28 November 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 on marketing standards for olive oil
Date: 2008-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: labelling, marketing standard, olive oil

29.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 319/51

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1183/2008

of 28 November 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).
In accordance with Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1019/2002,
from
30 November 2008.

provision

apply

shall

this

The research into new organoleptic evaluation methods
launched by the International Olive Council (IOC) with a
view to expanding the range of positive characteristics of
virgin olive oils was completed in November 2007. The
adaptation of Community legislation to the revised IOC
method involves amending Article 5(c) of Regulation

(EC) No 1019/2002. This adaptation is part of
the
amendment of several rules on the labelling of olive oil
which are due to enter into force on 1 July 2009. It
in particular for operators who
would be inopportune,
will have to adapt the labelling of their products, to
apply the current provisions of Article 5(c)
for a
limited period running from 30 November 2008 to
30 June 2009.

(3)

(4)

(5)

The date from which Article 5(c) of Regulation (EC) No
1019/2002 applies should therefore be postponed until
1 July 2009.

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 replaced by the following:

‘Article 5(c) shall apply from 1 July 2009.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi­
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 30 November 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 155, 14.6.2002, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 248, 5.9.1991, p. 1.