Article 113

1. Provision may be made by the Commission for marketing standards for one or more of the products of the following sectors: olive oil and table olives in respect of the products referred to in point (a) of Part VII of Annex I; bananas; live plants. 2. The standards referred to in paragraph 1: shall be established taking into account, in particular: the specificities of the products concerned; the need to ensure the conditions for a smooth disposal of those products on the market; the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information; as concerns the olive oils referred to in point (a) of Part VII of Annex I, changes in the methods used for determining their physical, chemical and organoleptic characteristics; may in particular relate to quality, grading, weight, sizing, packaging, wrapping, storage, transport, presentation, origin and labelling. 3. Save as otherwise provided for by the Commission in accordance with the criteria referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2, the products for which marketing standards have been laid down may be marketed in the Community only in accordance with such standards. Without prejudice to any specific provisions which may be adopted by the Commission in accordance with Article 194, Member States shall check whether those products conform to those standards and shall apply penalties as appropriate.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.