CELEX: 32016R1226
Language: en
Date: 2016-05-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1226 of 4 May 2016 amending Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the optional reserved terms for olive oil

28.7.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 202/5
            
         COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2016/1226
   of 4 May 2016
   amending Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the optional reserved terms for olive oil
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 86 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 (2) defines the physical, chemical and organoleptic characteristics of olive oil and olive-pomace oil and lays down methods of assessing those characteristics. Those methods and the limit values for the characteristics of oils are regularly updated to take account of developments in scientific and technical knowledge in line with the work carried out within the International Olive Council.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               On 26 November 2015, the International Olive Council adopted a new method for the organoleptic assessment of virgin olive oil modifying the optional terminology for labelling purposes.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The optional reserved terms are set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of 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, 4 May 2016.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         Jean-Claude JUNCKER
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
   
      (2)  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 (OJ L 248, 5.9.1991, p. 1).
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX IX
            
               OPTIONAL RESERVED TERMS
            
            
                        Product category
                        (reference to combined nomenclature classification)
                     
                     
                        Optional reserved term
                     
                  
                        poultrymeat
                        (CN codes 0207  and 0210 )
                     
                     
                        fed with … % of …
                        oats fed goose
                        extensive indoor/barn-reared
                        free range
                        traditional free range
                        free range — total freedom
                        age at slaughter
                        length of fattening period
                     
                  
                        eggs
                        (CN code 0407 )
                     
                     
                        fresh
                        extra or extra fresh
                        indication on how laying hens are fed
                     
                  
                        olive oil
                        (CN code 1509 )
                     
                     
                        first cold pressing
                        cold extraction
                        acidity
                        pungent
                        fruitiness: ripe or green
                        bitter
                        robust
                        medium
                        delicate
                        well-balanced
                        mild oil’