{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-XIX/part-2/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-XIX/part-2/division-3.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/XIX/part/2/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "APPARATUS",
  "text": "The usual laboratory equipment and in particular the following:\n3.1. Complete apparatus for analysis by thin-layer chromatography using 20 × 20 cm glass plates.\n3.2. Ultraviolet lamp with a wavelength of 366 or 254 nm.\n3.3. Microsyringes, 100 μL and 500 μL.\n3.4. Cylindrical filter funnel with a G3 porous septum (porosity 15-40 μm) of diameter approximately 2 cm and a depth of 5 cm, suitable for filtration under vacuum with male ground-glass joint.\n3.5. Conical flask with ground-glass female joint, 50 mL which can be fitted to the filter funnel (3.4).\n3.6. Test tube with a tapering bottom and a sealing glass stopper, 10 mL.\n3.7. Calcium dichloride desiccator.\n3.8. HPLC system, consisting of:\n3.8.1. Binary pump.\n3.8.2. Manual or automatic injector equipped with 200 μL injection loop.\n3.8.3. In-line degasser.\n3.8.4. UV-VIS or IR detector.\n3.9. HPLC column (25 cm × 4 mm i.d.) with silica gel 60 (5 μm particle size).\n3.10. Syringe filter, 0,45 μm.\n3.11. Conical flask 25 mL.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1604 of 27 September 2019 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/XIX/part/2/division/3",
    "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."
}