Article 4 F1
United Kingdom
The Secretary of State may, with the agreement of the relevant authorities for Wales and Scotland, approve assessment panels for the purposes of assessing and verifying organoleptic characteristics.
The terms of approval must be set by the Secretary of State, with the agreement of the relevant authorities for Wales and Scotland, and ensure that:
the requirements of Annex XII.4 are met,
the panel head is given training recognised for this purpose by the Secretary of State, with the agreement of the relevant authorities for Wales and Scotland,
continued approval depends on performance in annual checks arranged by the relevant authorities jointly.
If there is no approved tasting panel in Great Britain, the Secretary of State, with the agreement of the relevant authorities for Wales and Scotland, may call on a tasting panel approved by the International Olive Council.
The relevant authorities must jointly ensure that there is an up-to-date list of any tasting panels set up in Great Britain by professional or inter-branch organisations in accordance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, and that those conditions are complied with by the panels.
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Art. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 6(6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1453, regs. 1(2)(b), 14(16)(d)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)