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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/775 of 28 May 2018 laying down rules for the application of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, as regards the rules for indicating the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient of a food (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance
Consolidated text: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/775 of 28 May 2018 laying down rules for the application of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, as regards the rules for indicating the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient of a food (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/775 of 28 May 2018 laying down rules for the application of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, as regards the rules for indicating the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient of a food (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/775 of 28 May 2018 laying down rules for the application of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, as regards the rules for indicating the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient of a food (OJ L 131 29.5.2018, p. 8) |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/802 of 17 May 2019 |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/775
of 28 May 2018
laying down rules for the application of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, as regards the rules for indicating the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient of a food
(Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1
Scope
Article 2
Indication of the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient
The country of origin or the place of provenance of a primary ingredient which is not the same as the given country of origin or the given place of provenance of the food shall be given:
with reference to one of the following geographical areas:
‘EU’, ‘non-EU’ or ‘EU and non-EU’; or
Region, or any other geographical area either within several Member States or within third countries, if defined as such under public international law or well understood by normally informed average consumers; or
FAO Fishing area, or sea or freshwater body if defined as such under international law or well understood by normally informed average consumers; or
Member State(s) or third country(ies); or
Region, or any other geographical area within a Member State or within a third country, which is well understood by normally informed average consumers; or
The country of origin or place of provenance in accordance with specific Union provisions applicable for the primary ingredient(s) as such;
or by means of a statement as follows:
‘(name of the primary ingredient) do/does not originate from (the country of origin or the place of provenance of the food)’ or any similar wording likely to have the same meaning for the consumer.
Article 3
Presentation of the information
Article 4
Entry into force, date of application and transitional measures
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 April 2020.
Foods placed on the market or labelled prior to the date of application of this Regulation may be marketed until the stocks are exhausted.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.