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empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Art 56, laying down
detailed rules relating to the criteria referred to in para 1 of this Article.
8.
Implementing acts
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Article 29(5) provides that the Commission may adopt implementing acts
laying down all measures related to forms, procedures or other technical details,
necessary for the application of this Title. Those implementing acts shall be
adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Art 57(2).
9.
International standards
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Article 29(3) provides that when adopting delegated and implementing acts in
accordance with paras 4 and 5 of this Article, the Commission shall take
account of any relevant international standards.
10. Reservation and amendment
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Article 30(1) provides that in order to take account of the expectations of
consumers, developments in scientific and technical knowledge, the market
situation, and developments in marketing standards and in international stand-
ards, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accord-
ance with Art 56, reserving an additional optional quality term and laying down
its conditions of use.
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Article 30(2) provides that in duly justified cases and in order to take into
account the appropriate use of the additional optional quality term, the Com-
mission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Art 56,
laying down amendments to the conditions of use referred to in paragraph 1 of
this Article.
11.
'Mountain product'
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In explaining the rationale for the protection of optional quality terms Recital
(44) suggests that the term 'mountain product' will add value to the product on
the market. In order to facilitate the application of Directive 2000/13/EC
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where the labelling of foodstuffs may give rise to consumer confusion in relation
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Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approxima-
tion of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (OJ
2000 L 109, p. 29).
