S.L. 117.46 Art. 6Register of Olive Growers and Olive Oil Producers. S.L. 549.66.
(1) The Director shall keep a Register of Olive
Growers and Olive Oil Producers, hereinafter referred to as "the
Register", which shall be updated periodically.
(2) Olive oil producers shall be automatically registered in the Register referred to in sub-regulation (1) upon the issuance of their licence in accordance with regulation 3, while olive growers shall automatically be registered in the said Register upon registration with the Directorate of agricultural land parcels where olive trees are cultivated as required in accordance with the Nitrates Action
Programme Regulations.
(3) The Directorate shall publish a list of licensed olive oil producers on the official website in order to make it accessible to the public. The list shall be updated yearly after the issuing of the licences to approved olive oil producers.
(4) No person shall grow olives for olive oil production or table olives unless said person is listed in the Register as provided in sub-regulation (1) and the land where such olives are to be grown is registered with the Directorate.
(5) Persons having less than ten (10) olive trees and, or less than five hundred square metres (500m²) of land used for the production of olives are exempted from the obligation to register in accordance with sub-regulation (4), provided that such olives are not intended for commercial olive oil production or other commercial purposes.