Answer to a written question – Classification of extra virgin and virgin olive oils under EU law – P-001388/2025(ASW)

The products of the olive oil and table olives sector listed in Part VII of Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013[1] are agricultural products covered by the scope of that regulation.

Regulation (EU) 2022/2104 on olive oil marketing standards[2] further defines olive oil categories included in Regulation (EU) 1308/2013 by several physico-chemical characteristics, to ensure a smooth functioning of the EU market. The Commission has not been informed of any market distortion resulting from the above classification.

• [1] 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; ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1308/2023-01-01
• [2] Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2104 of 29 July 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards marketing standards for olive oil, and repealing Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 29/2012; ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/2104/oj