Textual Amendments
This method of sampling applies to deliveries of olive oil or olive-pomace oil not exceeding 125 000 litres, put up in immediate packaging not exceeding 100 litres.
If the delivery exceeds 125 000 litres, it is to be subdivided into batches of 125 000 litres or under. If the delivery is less than 125 000 litres it shall constitute one batch. The method shall then be applied to each batch.
The minimum number of primary samples to be taken is determined by the size of the batch in accordance with the table set out in point 1.
The size of the primary sample is determined on the basis of the capacity of the immediate packaging, in accordance with the table set out in point 2.1.
Delivery, primary sample and laboratory sample shall mean the definitions given in standard EN ISO 5555.
‘ Batch ’ shall mean a set of sales units which are produced, manufactured and packed in circumstances such that the oil contained in each sales unit is considered to be homogenous in terms of all analytical characteristics.
The minimum number of primary samples to be taken will be determined by the size of the batch in accordance with the following table:
| Size of batch (litres) less than | Minimum number of primary samples |
|---|---|
| 7 500 | 2 |
| 25 000 | 3 |
| 75 000 | 4 |
| 125 000 | 5 |
The immediate packs selected to form a primary sample must be adjacent to each other in the batch.
In cases of doubt, Member States shall increase the number of primary samples to be taken.
the analyses referred to in Annexes II, III, IX and X,
the analysis referred to in Annex XII,
the other analyses.
Each of the primary samples referred to in point 1 shall be subdivided into laboratory samples, in accordance with point 2.5 of standard EN ISO 5555, and analysed as follows:
determination of free fatty acids, as referred to in the first indent of Article 2(1),
determination of the peroxide value, as referred to in the second indent of Article 2(1),
spectrophotometric analysis, as referred to in the eighth indent of Article 2(1),
determination of the fatty acid composition, as referred to in the ninth indent of Article 2(1).
Where one of the results of the analyses referred to in (a) for at least one of the primary samples taken from the same batch does not comply with the characteristics of the category of oil declared, the whole of the batch concerned is to be declared not to comply.
Where the results of the analyses referred to in (a) for each of the primary samples taken from the same batch are not all uniform, given the repeatability characteristics of the methods concerned, the entire batch is to be declared non-uniform and each primary sample is to be subject to the other analysis required. Otherwise, one primary sample from that batch is to be subject to the other analysis required.
Where one of the results of the analyses referred to in the second paragraph of point (b) does not comply with the characteristics of the category of oil declared, the whole of the batch concerned is to be declared not to comply.
Where all the results of the analyses referred to in the second paragraph of point (b) comply with the characteristics of the category of oil declared, the whole batch is to be declared to comply.]