Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, except where the context requires otherwise–

• “the Marketing Standards Regulations” means the Olive Oil (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1987^f1;

• “the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

• “packaging”, the noun, means packaging intended for consumers in the member States and labels attached to such packaging;

• “Regulation 2815/98” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2815/98^f2 concerning marketing standards for olive oil as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) 640/1999^f3; and

• “relevant oil” means extra virgin olive oil and virgin olive oil.

Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Article shall be construed as a reference to the Article so numbered in Regulation 2815/98.

Any other expression used in these Regulations and in Regulation 2815/98 has, in so far as the context admits, the same meaning as it has in that Regulation.