Date: 2025-10-30Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2195 of 29 October 2025 cancelling the registration of the protected designation of origin Aceite de la Comunitat Valenciana (PDO)
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
**Executive Summary**
This Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2195, dated 29 October 2025, cancels the registration of the protected designation of origin (PDO) ‘Aceite de la Comunitat Valenciana'. The cancellation request was submitted by Spain and was received by the Commission before the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143. The regulation comes into force twenty days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Cancellation of PDO Registration:**
* The registration of the name 'Aceite de la Comunitat Valenciana' (PDO) is officially cancelled.
* **Legal Basis:**
* The decision is based on Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014, specifically regarding the cancellation process.
* No opposition was received by the Commission under Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The regulation enters into force twenty days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
* **Applicability:**
* The regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Producers and Associations related to 'Aceite de la Comunitat Valenciana'**
**Impact**
* The Protected Designation of Origin status for 'Aceite de la Comunitat Valenciana' is revoked. This impacts marketing and labeling.
**Action Required**
* Producers and associations must discontinue using the PDO designation for their products and revise their marketing and labeling accordingly.
**Stakeholder: EU Member States**
**Impact**
* All Member States are required to acknowledge and enforce the cancellation of the PDO registration.
**Action Required**
* Ensure that national regulations and enforcement mechanisms align with the cancellation of the PDO and applicable law.
Key Entities Referenced
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012: Regulation on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1143: Regulation on geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products.
Aceite de la Comunitat Valenciana: Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) for olive oil, registration being cancelled by this regulation
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2195: The regulation itself, cancelling the registration of a protected designation of origin.
European Commission: The EU body responsible for implementing the regulation.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2195 30.10.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/2195
of 29 October 2025
cancelling the registration of the protected designation of origin ‘Aceite de la Comunitat
Valenciana’ (PDO)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on
quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs(1)and in particular Article 54(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 50(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 in conjunction with Article 7(1) of
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014(2), Spain’s request to cancel the registration of the protected
designation of origin (PDO) ‘Aceite de la Comunitat Valenciana’, which was submitted to it by the ASOCIACION
PARA LA PROMOCIÓN DE LA D.O.P. ACEITE DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA, and which the Commission had
received before the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the
Council(3), was published in the Official Journal of the European Union(4).
(2) No statement of opposition under Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, which is applicable to the request for
cancellation in accordance with Article 90(2) of that Regulation, has been received by the Commission.
(3) The name ‘Aceite de la Comunitat Valenciana’ should therefore be cancelled from the Union register of geographical
indications.
(4) The measure provided for in this Regulation is in accordance with the opinion of the Quality Policy Committee for
agricultural products, wine and spirit drinks,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The registration of the name ‘Aceite de la Comunitat Valenciana’ (PDO) is hereby cancelled.
(1) OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/1151/oj.
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014 of 18 December 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the
European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the establishment of the Union symbols for protected designations of origin,
protected geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed and with regard to certain rules on sourcing, certain
procedural rules and certain additional transitional rules (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 17, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2014/
664/oj).
(3) Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on geographical indications for wine,
spirit drinks and agricultural products, as well as traditional specialities guaranteed and optional quality terms for agricultural
products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2019/787 and (EU) 2019/1753 and repealing Regulation (EU)
No 1151/2012 (OJ L, 2024/1143, 23.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1143/oj).
(4) OJ C, C/2025/2481, 6.5.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2481/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2195/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 30.10.2025
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 October 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2195/oj