# 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, Division 3: APPARATUS

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The usual laboratory equipment and in particular the following:
3.1. Complete apparatus for analysis by thin-layer chromatography using 20 × 20 cm glass plates.
3.2. Ultraviolet lamp with a wavelength of 366 or 254 nm.
3.3. Microsyringes, 100 μL and 500 μL.
3.4. 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.
3.5. Conical flask with ground-glass female joint, 50 mL which can be fitted to the filter funnel (3.4).
3.6. Test tube with a tapering bottom and a sealing glass stopper, 10 mL.
3.7. Calcium dichloride desiccator.
3.8. HPLC system, consisting of:
3.8.1. Binary pump.
3.8.2. Manual or automatic injector equipped with 200 μL injection loop.
3.8.3. In-line degasser.
3.8.4. UV-VIS or IR detector.
3.9. HPLC column (25 cm × 4 mm i.d.) with silica gel 60 (5 μm particle size).
3.10. Syringe filter, 0,45 μm.
3.11. Conical flask 25 mL.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1991/2568/annex/XIX/part/2/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-XIX/part-2/division-3
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