{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-Ia/division-1/division-1.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-Ia/division-1/division-1.2.json",
  "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/Ia/division/1/division/1.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.2",
  "heading": "Immediate packaging exceeding 5 litres",
  "text": "‘Primary Sample’ for immediate packaging exceeding 5 litres shall mean a representative part of the total increments, obtained by a process of reduction and in agreement with Table 2. The primary sample must be composed of various examples.\n‘Example’ of a primary sample shall mean each of the packages making up the primary sample.\nTable 2\nMinimum number of increments to be selected\nNumber of packages in the lot\nMinimum number of increments to be selected\nUp to 10\n1\nFrom … 11 to 150\n2\nFrom … 151 to 500\n3\nFrom … 501 to 1 500\n4\nFrom … 1 501 to 2 500\n5\n> 2 500 per 1 000 packages\n1 extra increment\nIn order to reduce the volume of the sampling immediate packs, the content of the sampling increments is homogenised for the preparation of the primary sample. The portions of the different increments are poured into a common container for homogenisation by stirring, so that it will be best protected from air.\nThe content of the primary sample must be poured into a series of packages of the minimum capacity of 1,0 liter, each one of which constitutes an example of the primary sample.\nNothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authority from increasing the number of primary samples, according to their own necessity (for example organoleptic assessment by a different laboratory from the one that performed the chemical analyses, counter-analysis, etc).\nEach package must be filled in a way to minimise the air layer on top and then suitably closed and sealed to ensure the product is tamper-proof.\nThese examples must be labeled to ensure correct identification.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2013 of 16 December 2013 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1a para. 1.2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 6(11)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1991/2568/annex/Ia/division/1/division/1.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:01:50.986318+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}