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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 of 11 July 1991 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis
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[F1Annex I: | Olive oil characteristics] |
Annex Ia: | Sampling of batches of olive oil or olive-residue oil in immediate packaging not exceeding 100 litres |
Annexe Ib: | Decision tree |
Annex II: | [F2Determination of free fatty acids, cold method] |
Annex III: | Determination of the peroxide value |
Annex IV: | [F3Determination of wax content by capillary column gas-liquid chromatography] |
Annex V: | Determination of the composition and content of sterols by capillary-column gas chromatography |
Annex VI: | Determination of erythrodiol and uvaol |
Annex VII: | [F2Determination of the percentage of 2-glyceryl monopalmitate] |
[ F4 ] | |
Annex IX: | Spectrophotometric investigation in the ultraviolet |
Annex XA: | Analysis by gas chromatography of methyl esters of fatty acids |
Annex XB: | Preparation of methyl esters of fatty acids |
Annex XI: | Determination of the volatile halogenated solvents of olive oil |
Annex XII: | Organoleptic assessment of virgin olive oil |
[ F4 ] | |
[ F5 ] | |
Annex XV: | Oil content of olive residue |
Annex XVI: | Determination of iodine value |
Annex XVII: | Determination of stigmastadienes in vegetable oils |
Annex XVIII: | Method for determining the content of triglycerides with ECN42 |
Annex XIX: | Method for determining aliphatic alcohol content |
[F6Annex XX: | Method for the determination of the content of waxes, fatty acid methyl esters and fatty acid ethyl esters by capillary gas chromatography] ] |
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 61/2011 of 24 January 2011 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis.
F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 702/2007 of 21 June 2007 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis.
F3 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 183/93 of 29 January 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis.
F4 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1989/2003 of 6 November 2003 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-pomace oil and on the relevant methods of analysis.
F5 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2002 of 6 May 2002 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-pomace oil and on the relevant methods of analysis and the additional notes in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff.
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