Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2652 of 16 October 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 as regards origin labelling for fruit and vegetables originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2652 of 16 October 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 as regards origin labelling for fruit and vegetables originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara
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Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 is amended as follows:
(1)
in Article 5, the following paragraph 6 is added:
‘6. By way of derogation from Article 76(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and from Article 3 of this Regulation, for products referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara that are subject to the control of the Moroccan custom authorities and are imported and marketed in the Union, the indication of the country of origin shall be replaced by the indication of the region in which the concerned product originates as indicated in the certificate of origin accompanying those products when imported into the Union.’
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(2)
in Article 9, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3. The approval shall only apply to products originating in the third country concerned and may be limited to certain products.
However, the Commission may approve checks of conformity to marketing standards carried out by Moroccan competent authorities in respect of products originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara that are subject to the control of Moroccan custom authorities.’
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Products referred to in Article 1(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara and subject to the control of Moroccan custom authorities that were lawfully imported into the Union before the entry into force of this Regulation bearing the indication of Western Sahara as country of origin, may continue to be marketed within the Union after that date, until stocks are exhausted and provided that they continue to conform with all other requirements of the applicable Union marketing standards.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
It shall apply from 4 October 2025.
