The amendment to Annex B eliminating the ‘ordinary virgin olive oil’ category from Annex B of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives beginning with 1 January 2028 shall be supported on behalf of the Union within the framework of a procedure for adoption by the Council of Members by an exchange of correspondence to be initiated before its next regular session in November 2025 or within the Council of Members’ 122th session to be held in November 2025.
The draft International Olive Council Decision approving this amendment is presented as an Annex accompanying this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
DECISION DEC-III.1/122-VI/2025
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX
DECISION DEC-III.1/122-VI/2025
CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF THE ‘ORDINARY VIRGIN OLIVE OIL’ DESIGNATION AND DEFINITION FROM ANNEX B OF THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES, 2015
THE COUNCIL OF MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLIVE COUNCIL,
Having regard to the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015, in particular Article 1 ‘Objectives of the Agreement’ and Chapter VI ‘Provisions concerning standardisation’, and notably Article 19.2 thereof;
Considering the need to update the standards for olive oil in order to facilitate international trade and avoid confusion, as well as the importance of providing a transitional period for IOC Member States to implement these changes;
DECIDES
1.
To remove the designation and definition of ‘ordinary virgin olive oil’ from Annex B of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives 2015, with effect from 1 January 2028.
2.
This removal shall entail the deletion of the corresponding category from the IOC Trade Standard, and the parameters for the remaining categories shall be revised accordingly.
3.
This Decision hereby repeals and replaces Decision DEC-III.1/116-VI/2022 concerning the removal of the ‘ordinary virgin olive oil’ category from Annex B of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015.
Madrid (Spain), XX October 2025
M. Walid B D ABUABDALLA
Chair of the International Olive Council
