The European Union has established a comprehensive legal framework for conformity checks on olive oil, but it is not being applied in its entirety by Member States, according to the European Court of Auditors in a report published on Wednesday 14 January, which analysed the situation in four countries (Italy, Spain, Greece and Belgium, which is the EU’s main exporter of olive oil among non-producing countries).
“Member States do not implement [the legal framework] consistently. We...