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SpainUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their…

Official title

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)

Spain issued an addendum on 25 June 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/ESP/45. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 8 April 2021. The comment period closed on 24 August 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Olive oil and its fractions obtained from the fruit of the olive tree solely by mechanical or other physical means under conditions that do not lead to deterioration of the oil, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified; Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely fr

HS codes
  • 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
    • 1509 Olive oil and its fractions obtained from the fruit of the olive tree solely by mechanical or other physical means under conditions that do not lead to…
    • 1510 Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, incl. blends of these oils or fractions with…
Notifying member
Spain
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Quality requirements
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/ESP/45Latest notice: G/TBT/N/ESP/45/Add.2
Keywords
Food standards

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 24 August 2026
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The comment period closed on 24 August 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/ESP/45/Add.2; it can take them up with Spain.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/ESP/45/Add.2⁩, 25 June 2026)

DRAFT ROYAL DECREE APPROVING THE QUALITY STANDARD FOR OLIVE AND OLIVE-POMACE OIL

The draft text seeks to amend the quality standard for olive oil, approved in 2021.The amendment introduces a number of adjustments that will help to improve the consistency of the information recorded, reduce uncertainty in the computerized system, improve legal certainty for operators, and strengthen administrative control.1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.G/TBT/N/ESP/45/Add.2- 2 - __________

The notified text updates the existing regulations concerning the production and marketing of olive and olive-pomace oils in Spain.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/ESP/45/Add.2

    Comment deadline: Closed on 24 August 2026

    DRAFT ROYAL DECREE APPROVING THE QUALITY STANDARD FOR OLIVE AND OLIVE-POMACE OIL

    The draft text seeks to amend the quality standard for olive oil, approved in 2021.The amendment introduces a number of adjustments that will help to improve the consistency of the information recorded, reduce uncertainty in the computerized system, improve legal certainty for operators, and strengthen administrative control.1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.G/TBT/N/ESP/45/Add.2- 2 - __________

  2. AddendumG/TBT/N/ESP/45/Add.1

    Draft Royal Decree approving the quality standard for olive and olive-pomace oil

  3. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/ESP/45

    Comment deadline: Closed on 7 June 2021

    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)

    The notified text updates the existing regulations concerning the production and marketing of olive and olive-pomace oils in Spain.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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