{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-XVIII/division-4/division-4.5/division-4.5.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-XVIII/division-4/division-4.5/division-4.5.2.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/XVIII/division/4/division/4.5/division/4.5.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4.5.2",
  "heading": "Fatty acids for calculation",
  "text": "Glycerides are grouped by their Equivalent Carbon Number (ECN), taking into account the following equivalencies between ECN and fatty acids. Only fatty acids with 16 and 18 carbon atoms were taken into consideration, because only these are important for olive oil. The fatty acids should be normalised to 100 %.\nFatty acid (FA)\nAbbreviation\nMolecular weight (MW)\nECN\nPalmitic acid\nP\n256,4\n16\nPalmitoleic acid\nPo\n254,4\n14\nStearic acid\nS\n284,5\n18\nOleic acid\nO\n282,5\n16\nLinoleic acid\nL\n280,4\n14\nLinolenic acid\nLn\n278,4\n12",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 299/2013 of 26 March 2013 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/XVIII/division/4/division/4.5/division/4.5.2",
    "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."
}