Article 3

Descriptions in accordance with Article 118 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be considered as the name under which the product is sold as referred to in Article 3(1)(1) of Directive 2000/13/EC.

The labelling of oils as referred to in Article 1(1) shall bear, in clear and indelible lettering, in addition to the description referred to in the first paragraph of this Article, but not necessarily close to it, the following information on the category of oil:

  1. (a)

    extra virgin olive oil:

    superior category olive oil obtained directly from olives and solely by mechanical means

  2. (b)

    virgin olive oil:

    olive oil obtained directly from olives and solely by mechanical means

  3. (c)

    olive oil composed of refined olive oils and virgin olive oils:

    oil comprising exclusively olive oils that have undergone refining and oils obtained directly from olives

  4. (d)

    olive-pomace oil:

    • oil comprising exclusively oils obtained by treating the product obtained after the extraction of olive oil and oils obtained directly from olives

      or

    • oil comprising exclusively oils obtained by processing olive pomace and oils obtained directly from olives