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

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

[F1ANNEX Ib U.K. DECISION TREE FOR VERIFYING WHETHER AN OLIVE OIL SAMPLE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CATEGORY DECLARED

Table 1 U.K.

Table 2 U.K.

Table 3 U.K.

Appendix 1

Table of equivalence between the Annexes to this Regulation and the analyses specified in the decision tree

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
Ethyl esters
Annex XX Method for the determination of the content of waxes, fatty acid methyl esters and fatty acid ethyl esters by capillary gas chromatography
3,5-Stigmastadienes
Annex XVII Method for the determination of stigmastadienes in vegetable oils
[F2 Trans isomers of fatty acids
Annex X Determination of fatty acid methyl esters by gas chromatography
Fatty acids content
Annex X Determination of fatty acid methyl esters by gas chromatography]
ΔECN42
Annex XVIII Determination of the composition of triglycerides with ECN42 (difference between the HPLC data and theoretical content)
  • Sterols composition and total sterols

  • Erythrodiol and Uvaol

Annex V Determination of the composition and content of sterols and triterpene dialcohols by capillary-column gas chromatography
Waxes
Annex IV Determination of wax content by capillary column gas chromatography
[F2 Aliphatic and triterpenic alcohols
Annex XIX Determination of aliphatic and triterpenic alcohols content by capillary gas chromatography]
Saturated fatty acids in position 2
Annex VII Determination of the percentage of 2-glyceryl monopalmitate]