Honey

 

National legislation

Ordinance on honey

Official Gazette, No. 53/2015 and 47/2017 

 

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

 

Scope of national rule

Quality requirements to be met by honey in production and placing on the market

 

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

National measure - If honey originates from more than one Member State of the European Union or a third country, it is mandatory to indicate the country or countries of origin in which the honey was collected

 

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