Modification of "The "Council Directive 2001/113/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to fruit jams"

Verzoekschrift gericht aan: European Parliament

The "Council Directive 2001/113/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption" contains errors and should have never been approved. The former British EU member state requested that only jams containing citrus fruits like orange to be called marmelade because they pretended to have invented it and and the related word marmalade which is commonly used in the UK for orange jams. Indeed UK adapted the word from the Portuguese word "marmelo" (engl.: quince) and the fruit jam of quince is called marmelada in Portuguese.

The wrong adaption of the word marmalade is misleading and should have never been approved. The protection by the UK had major impact on the German speaking food market because "Marmelade" has been the official word for fruit jams before orange jams from the UK has been imported. Since UK left the EU now with the Brexit, the Council Directive 2001/113/EC of 20 December 2001 should be modified or terminated.

The protection based on wrong historical context should have never been approved by the EU and the impact was strong for may companies.

If fruit jams are not allowed to be called marmalade in general than it should be changed restricted to the original fruit jam of quince (marmelo) and not citrus fruits.