Honey

National legislation

Ordinance on honey

Official Gazette, No. 109/2025

Legal basis

Article 78, paragraph 2 of the Agriculture Act (Official Gazette no. 118/2018, 42/2020, 127/2020 - Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, 52/2021, 152/2022 and 152/2024).

EU legislation

Directive (EU) 2024/1438 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 amending Council Directives 2001/110/EC relating to honey, 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption, 2001/113/EC relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption, and 2001/114/EC relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption

Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 on honey

Directive 2014/63 / EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Directive 2001/110 / EC on honey (OJ L 164, 3.6.2014)

Competent authority

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Email: uprava.stocarstvo@mps.hr
Phone: +385 1 3903 111
Web: https://poljoprivreda.gov.hr/

Main requirements that the business user needs to know about

Art. 3. - Art. 5. Marking and determination of conformity

Annexes 1. and 2. Product names, definitions and descriptions and content of products

Market Surveillance Authority

State Inspectorate

pisarnica.dirh@dirh.hr

Link to the TRIS database

In the TRIS database you can look up the notification of the technical rule