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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-XX",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-XX.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/XX",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "XX",
  "heading": "Method for the determination of the content of waxes, fatty acid methyl esters and fatty acid ethyl esters by capillary gas chromatography",
  "text": "Figure 1\nExample of a gas chromatogram of the wax fraction of an olive oil\nFigure 2\nMethyl esters, ethyl esters and waxes in a virgin olive oil\nFigure 3\nMethyl esters, ethyl esters and waxes in an extra virgin olive oil\nFigure 4\nPart of a chromatogram of an extra virgin olive oil and the same oil spiked with deodorised oil",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 61/2011 of 24 January 2011 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "After elution of the sterol esters, the chromatogram should not show any significant peaks (triacylglycerols)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1991/2568/annex/XX",
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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."
}