L 90/52 Official Journal of the European Union 28.3.2013 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 299/2013 of 26 March 2013 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri- cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri- cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ('), and in particular Article 113, paragraph 1, point (a), and Article 121, first para- graph, point (a), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 of 11 July 1991 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive- residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis (?) defines the chemical and organoleptic characteristics of olive and olive-residue oil and stipulates methods of assessing these characteristics. Those methods should be updated on the basis of the opinion of chemical experts and in line with the work carried out within the Inter- national Olive Council (hereinafter 10C’). (2)  Pursuant to Article 113(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, Member States are to check whether olive oils and olive-residue oils conform to the marketing standards laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 256891 and are to apply penalties as appropriate. Articles 2 and 2a of Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 provide detailed rules for those conformity checks. Those rules should ensure that olive oil for which a quality standard has been laid down effectively complies with that standard. The rules should be further detailed, including a risk analysis. For the purpose of those conformity checks, the term ‘marketed olive oil’ should be defined. (3)  Experience has shown certain risks of fraud impeding the full effect of the consumer protection offered by Regu- lation (EEC) No 2568/91. Holders of olive oil should therefore keep entry and withdrawal for each category of oils in a register. In order to avoid excessive adminis- trative burdens without undermining the objectives of the olive oil register, the gathering of information should be limited until the stage of bottling of olive oil. ()  In order to ensure the follow-up and evaluate the measures of Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91, Member States should notify the Commission not only of the national implementing measures, but also report results of the conformity checks. () O] L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. () O] L 248, 5.9.1991, p. 1. ©) In order to continue the process of harmonisation with the international standards laid down by the IOC certain methods of analysis laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 should be updated. Consequently, the method of analysis provided for in Annex XVII to that Regu- lation should be replaced by a more efficient method. It is also appropriate to remedy some inconsistencies and imperfections of the methods of analysis provided for in Annex IX thereto. A transitional period is needed for Member States in order to apply the new rules laid down by this Regu- lation. The Commission has developed an information system that allows managing documents and procedures elec- tronically in its own internal working procedures and in its relations with the authorities involved in the common agricultural policy. It is considered that the notification obligations provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 can be fulfilled via that system in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 of 31 August 2009 laying down detailed rules for the Member States' notification to the Commission of information and documents in imple- mentation of the common organisation of the markets, the direct payments’ regime, the promotion of agri- cultural products and the regimes applicable to the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands (?). Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 should therefore be amended accordingly. The Management Committee for the Common Organi- sation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 is amended as follows: (1) Article 2a is replaced by the following: ‘Article 2a 1. For the purpose of this Article, “olive oil marketed” means total quantity of olive oil and olive pomace oil of a relevant Member State that is consumed in that Member State or exported from that Member State. () O] L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3.