Spain introduces new rules for the sale of olive oil for the 2025/26 campaign

The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) a regulation that sets out the new rules for the marketing of olive oil for the 2025/2026 campaign. The measure aims to prevent market distortions in the event of overproduction, by temporarily withdrawing part of the production. According to the new regulation, the mechanism will be activated only if the level of available stocks plus the projected production reaches 120% of the average level of the last six campaigns. Although the forecasts do not indicate that this threshold will be reached, the ministry decided to adopt the rule preventively, in case its application becomes necessary. This measure is based on Article 167 bis of Regulation (EU) 1308/2013, which allows producers to introduce rules to regulate supply, with the aim of stabilizing the olive oil and olive market. In Spain, the mechanism is established in Royal Decree 84/2021, which provides for the possibility ...