Honey

This Decree-Law makes the second amendment to Decree-Law No 214/2003 of 18 September 2003, as amended by Decree-Law No 126/2015 of 7 July 2015, which adopted the new community provisions on the definitions and characteristics of honey and the rules with which its production and marketing must comply, and transposed Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey, into national law.

Decree-Law No 214/2003 of 18 September 2003 adopted the new community provisions on the definitions and characteristics of honey and the rules with which its production and marketing must comply, transposing Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey, into national law.

Subsequently, Decree-Law No 214/2003 of 18 September 2003 was amended by Decree-Law No 126/2015 of 7 July 2015, which transposed Directive 2014/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014, amending the above Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey, into national law.

Article 4 of Decree-Law No 214/2003 of 18 September 2003 requires clarification because on the one hand, it provides that products falling within the scope of this Decree-Law have the country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested indicated on the label and, on the other, it no longer requires the indication of origin if the honey originates in more than one Member State or third country, allowing, in cases where there is a blend of honeys, the indication to be replaced by a general reference to the blend of EU honeys, blend of non-EU honeys or blend of EU and non-EU honeys.