Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91Show full title

[F1 ANNEX Ib U.K. DECISION TREE FOR VERIFYING WHETHER AN OLIVE OIL SAMPLE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CATEGORY DECLARED

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted 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.

The analysis to verify whether an olive oil or olive-pomace oil is consistent with the category declared may be undertaken:

(a)

either by carrying out in any random order the analyses envisaged for the purpose of verifying compliance with the characteristics specified in Annex I; or

(b)

by carrying out in the order shown in the decision tree the analyses specified therein until one of the decisions appearing in the decision tree is reached.

The analyses relating to contaminants required for verifying compliance with European Community standards are to be carried out separately.

The decision tree applies to all categories of olive oil and olive-pomace oil. It consists of tables numbered 1 to 11 which must be approached on the basis of the declared category of oil concerned in the order set out in the general table.

Key to general tables to 11:

• the double line (=) indicates the route to be followed in case of compliance (positive answer) with the criteria specified in the preceding box. The dotted line (…) indicates the alternative route to be followed in case of non-compliance,

• the headings in the boxes in tables 1 to 11 refer to the analyses provided for in this Regulation on the basis of the table of equivalence set out in Appendix 1 to this Annex,

• the letters in brackets appearing in the negative decision circles in tables 1 to 11 cross-refer to indicative information given in Appendix 2 to this Annex. The letters in themselves do not entail the obligation to pursue the analyses or imply the veracity of the assumptions stated.

Appendix 1 Table of equivalence between the annexes to this Regulation and the analyses specified in the decision tree

[F2 — Acidity	Annex II	Determination of free fatty acids, cold method]
— Peroxide value	Annex III	Determination of peroxide value
— UV spectrometry	Annex IX	Spectrophotometric analysis
— Organoleptic assessment	Annex XII	Organoleptic assessment of virgin olive oil
— 3,5-Stigmastadienes	Annex XVII	Method of determining stigmastadienes in vegetable oils
— Trans isomers of fatty acids	Annex Xa and	Analysis by gas chromatography of methyl esters of fatty acids
	Annex Xb	Preparation of methyl esters of fatty acids
— Fatty acids content	Annex Xa and	Analysis by gas chromatography of methyl esters of fatty acids
	Annex Xb	Preparation of methyl esters of fatty acids
— ΔECN42	Annex XVIII	Determination of the composition of triglycerides with ECN42 (difference between the HPLC data and theoretical content)
— Sterols composition and total sterols	Annex V	Determination of the composition and content of sterols by capillary-column gas chromatography
— Erythrodiol and Uvaol	Annex VI	Determination of erythrodiol and uvaol
[F2 — Saturated fatty acids in position 2	Annex VII	Determination of the percentage of 2-glyceryl monopalmitate]
— Aliphatic alcohols	Annex XIX	Determination of aliphatic alcohols content by capillary-column gas chromatography
— Saturated fatty acids in 2-position	Annex VII	Determination of saturated fatty acids in position 2 of the triglyceride

Appendix 2

Table 1 U.K.

(a)

See virgin or lampante olive oil (Quality criteria Table 2 , or Quality and purity criteria Table 4 )

(b)

See lampante olive oil (Quality and purity criteria Table 4 )

Table 2 U.K.

(a)

See lampante olive oil (Quality and purity criteria Table 4 )

(b)

See extra virgin olive oil (Quality criteria Table 1 )

Table 3 U.K.

(a)

Presence of refined oil (olive or others)

(b)

Presence of olive-pomace oil

Table 4 U.K.

(a)

See extra virgin olive oil and virgin olive oil (Quality criteria Table 1 and Table 2 )

(b)

Presence of refined oil (olive or others)

(c)

Presence of olive-pomace oil

(d)

Presence of esterified oils

Table 7 U.K.

(a)

Presence of olive-pomace oil

(b)

Presence of esterified oils

Table 8 U.K.

(a)

Presence of refined oil (olive or others)

(b)

See lampante olive oil (Quality and purity criteria Table 4 )

(c)

Presence of esterified oils

Table 11 U.K.

(a)

Presence of esterified oils]