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8 April 2021 
(21-2935) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : SPAIN 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación  (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and 
Food)  
Dirección General de la Industria Alimentaria  (Directorate -General for the Food 
Industry)  
 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, i f available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Paseo Infanta Isabel, 1  
28071 Madrid  
Tel.: (+34) 91 347 53 61/8477/5559  
Fax: (+34) 91 347 57 70  
sgcsa@mapa.es  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, w here applicable) : Olive oil 
and its fractions, obtained from olives solely by mechanical or physical means that do not 
affect the oil, "virgin", whether or not refined, not chemically modified (HS 1509) ; Oils 
and their fractions, obtained solely from olive s through methods other than those 
mentioned in heading 1509, whether or not refined, not chemically modified, including 
blends of these oils or fractions with oils of heading 1509 (HS 1510)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docume nt: PROYECTO DE 
REAL DECRETO POR EL QUE SE APRUEBA LA NORMA DE CALIDAD DEL ACEITE DE OLIVA 
Y DE ORUJO DE OLIVA  (Draft Royal Decree approving the quality standard for olive and 
olive-pomace oil) (17 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text updates the existing regulations concerning 
the production and marketing of olive and olive -pomace oils in Spain.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The objective  of the amendment to the qua lity standard is to introduce 
requirements for operators that produce or market olive and olive -pomace oils concerning 
the facilities, traceability, prohibited practices and requirements and characteristics of the 
products covered by the quality standard ; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/ESP/45  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Text of the draft Decree  
9. Proposed date of adoption 2 July 2 021 
Proposed date of entry into force : 2 July 2 021 
The provisions of paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Article 4 shall not be mandatory until the 
computerized system has been implemented.  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación  
Dirección General de la Industria Alimentaria  
Paseo Infanta Isabel, 1  
28071 Madrid  
Tel.: (+34) 91 347 53 61/8477/5559  
Fax: (+34) 91 347 57 70  
dgia@mapa.es  
 
 