The Olive Oil (Marketing Standards) Regulations 2003

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“blended oil” means a blend of relevant oil and other vegetable oils;

“enforcement authority” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3 of these Regulations;

“labelling” has the meaning given to it in Article 1(3)(a) of Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs(1);

“oil” (without more) means, except in regulation 4(1)(a) and (b), any oil referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation 136/66;

“port health authority” means in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(2), a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act;

“Regulation 136/66” means Regulation No. 136/66/EEC of the Council on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats(3) as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1513/2001(4);

“Regulation 2568/91” means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis(5), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 796/2002(6);

“Regulation 1019/2002” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1019/2002 on marketing standards for olive oil(7) as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1176/2003(8);

“relevant oil” means the olive oils and olive-pomace oils referred to in points 1(a) and (b), 3 and 6 of the Annex to Regulation 136/66;

“retail stage” has the meaning given to it in Article 1(2) of Regulation 1019/2002;

“sells” means, except in relation to regulation 4(1)(a), sells at the retail stage, and includes references to offering or exposing oil for sale and to possessing oil for the purposes of sale;

“specified oil” means extra virgin olive oil and virgin olive oil.

(2) Any reference in these Regulations (other than in this regulation and regulation 4) to an Article is a reference to an Article of Regulation 1019/2002.

(3) Other expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as in Regulation 136/66.

(1)

O.J. L. 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29.

(2)

1984 c. 22.

(3)

O.J. P. 172, 30.9.66, p. 3025.

(4)

O.J. L. 201, 26.7.2001, p. 4.

(5)

O.J. L. 248, 5.9.91, p. 1.

(6)

O.J. L. 128, 15.5.2002, p. 8.

(7)

O.J. L. 155, 14.6.2002, p. 27.

(8)

O.J. L. 164, 2.7.2003, p. 12.