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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2104 Article 6

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2104 Article 6

Legal name and labelling of category of oils

Article 6

1.   The description of the oils referred to in Article 1, point (b), shall be considered as their legal name within the meaning of Article 2(2), point (n), of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011. 2.   The label of those oils shall bear, in clear and indelible marking, in addition to the description referred to in paragraph 1, but not necessarily close to it, the following information on the category of oil: (a) extra virgin olive oil: ‘superior category olive oil obtained directly from olives and solely by mechanical means’; (b) virgin olive oil: ‘olive oil obtained directly from olives and solely by mechanical means’; (c) olive oil composed of refined olive oils and virgin olive oils: ‘oil comprising exclusively olive oils that have undergone refining and oils obtained directly from olives’; (d) olive-pomace oil: (i) ‘oil comprising exclusively oils obtained by treating the product obtained after the extraction of olive oil and oils obtained directly from olives’; or (ii) ‘oil comprising exclusively oils obtained by processing olive pomace and oils obtained directly from olives’.

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