
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 is amended as follows:

1.. Article 1(1) is replaced by the following:
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1. Without prejudice to Directive 2000/13/EC and Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, this Regulation lays down specific standards for retail-stage marketing of the olive oils and olive-pomace oils referred to in points 1(a) and (b), 3 and 6 of Annex XVI to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.';
2.. Article 3 is amended as follows:

((a)) the following paragraph is inserted before the first paragraph:
'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.';
((b)) in the first paragraph, which becomes the second paragraph, the introductory words are replaced by the following:
'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, but not necessarily close to it, the following information on the category of oil:';
3.. Article 4 is amended as follows:

((a)) in paragraph 1, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following first and second subparagraphs:
'Extra virgin olive oil and virgin olive oil as defined in points 1(a) and (b) of Annex XVI to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall bear a designation of origin on the labelling.Products defined in points 3 and 6 of Annex XVI to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall not bear any designation of origin on the labelling.';
((b)) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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2. Designations of origin referred to in paragraph 1 shall only consist of:
(a) in the case of olive oils originating, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 4 and 5, from one Member State or third country, a reference to the Member State, to the Community or to the third country, as appropriate; or,
(b) in the case of blends of olive oils originating, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 4 and 5, from more than one Member State or third country, one of the following mentions, as appropriate:
((i)) “blend of Community olive oils” or a reference to the Community;
((ii)) “blend of non-Community olive oils” or a reference to non-Community origin;
((iii)) “blend of Community and non-Community olive oils” or a reference to Community and non-Community origin; or
(c) a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication referred to in Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, in accordance with the provisions of the product specification concerned.';
((c)) paragraph 6 is deleted;
4.. Article 5 is amended as follows:

((a)) Point (c) is replaced by the following:
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((c)) indications of organoleptic properties referring to taste and/or smell may appear only for extra virgin and virgin olive oils; the terms referred to in paragraph 3.3 of Annex XII to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 may appear on the labelling only if they are based on the results of an assessment carried out following the method provided for in Annex XII to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91.'
((b)) The following second paragraph is added:
'Products sold under trademarks whose registration was applied for no later than 1 March 2008 and which contain at least one of the terms referred to in paragraph 3.3 of Annex XII to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 may not comply with the requirements of Article 5(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 until 1 November 2011.';
5.. Article 6 is amended as follows:

((a)) In paragraph 1, the following third subparagraph is added:
'Member States may prohibit the production in their territory of blends of olive oil and other vegetable oils referred to in the first subparagraph for internal consumption. However, they may not prohibit the marketing on their territory of such blends coming from other countries and they may not prohibit the production on their territory of such blends for marketing in another Member State or for exportation.'
((b)) In paragraph 2, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'With the exception of tuna in olive oil referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1536/92 and sardines in olive oil referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89, where the presence of oils as referred to in Article 1(1) of this Regulation in a foodstuff, other than those referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, is highlighted on the labelling elsewhere than in the list of ingredients, using words, images or graphics, the trade description of the foodstuff shall be directly followed by the percentage of oils as referred to in Article 1(1) of this Regulation relative to the total net weight of the foodstuff.'
((c)) Paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
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3. The descriptions referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 can be replaced by the words “olive oil” on the labelling of products referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.However, where olive-pomace oil is present, the words “olive oil” shall be replaced by the words “olive-pomace oil”.'
((d)) The following paragraph 4 is added:
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4. The information referred to in the second paragraph of Article 3 is not required on the labelling of products referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.';
6.. point (b) of Article 8(2) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) an operators’ organisation in that Member State referred to in Article 125 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007;';
7.. the first subparagraph of Article 9(2) is replaced by the following:
'For the purpose of verifying indications as referred to in Articles 4, 5 and 6, the Member States concerned may introduce arrangements for approving establishments whose packaging facilities are situated in their territory.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2009.
By way of derogation from the second paragraph, products which have been legally manufactured and labelled in the Community or legally imported into the Community and put into free circulation before 1 July 2009 may be marketed until all stocks are used up.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 6 March 2009.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission