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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-II/division-6",
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  "legislation": "eur/1991/2568",
  "legislation_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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568",
  "path": "annex/II/division/6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "EXPRESSION OF RESULTS",
  "text": "Acidity as a percentage of oleic acid by weight is equal to:\nV × c × M 1000 × 100 m = V × c × M 10 × m\nwhere:\nV the volume of titrated potassium hydroxide solution (or sodium hydroxide) used, in millilitres;\nc the exact concentration in moles per litre of the titrated solution of potassium hydroxide (or sodium hydroxide) used;\nM 282 g/mol, the molar mass in grams per mole of oleic acid;\nm the mass of the sample, in grams.\nOleic acidity is reported as follows:\n(a) to two decimal places for values from 0 up to and including 1;\n(b) to one decimal place for values from 1 up to and including 100.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1227 of 27 July 2016 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1991/2568/annex/II/division/6",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}