Source: European Parliament
There is no legislation at EU level that regulates the distribution or packaging of olive oil between private individuals. Legal systems in Member States are different and may or may not allow regulation on this kind of exchanges.
Commission Delegated Regulation 2022/2104[1] only refers to marketed olive oils. Article 4.1 refers to olive oils ‘presented to the final consumer’ on packaging not exceeding five litres.
Article 4.2 establishes that a maximum capacity exceeding five litres could be used if ‘intended for consumption in restaurants, hospitals, canteens and other similar collective establishments’.
The Commission has not been informed of any regulation at national level restricting what the Honourable Member describes. Exchanges of olive oil by private individuals are not regulated at EU level.
- [1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02022R2104-20240610