# 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, Article 1

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

1. Oils, the characteristics of which comply with those set out in points 1 and 2 of Annex I to this Regulation, shall be deemed to be virgin olive oils within the meaning of point 1(a) and (b) of Part 8 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
2. Oil, the characteristics of which comply with those set out in point 3 of Annex I to this Regulation, shall be deemed to be lampante olive oil within the meaning of point 1(c) of Part 8 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
3. Oil, the characteristics of which comply with those set out in point 4 of Annex I to this Regulation, shall be deemed to be refined olive oil within the meaning of point 2 of Part 8 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
4. Oil, the characteristics of which comply with those set out in point 5 of Annex I to this Regulation, shall be deemed to be olive oil composed of refined olive oils and virgin olive oils within the meaning of point 3 of Part 8 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
5. Oil, the characteristics of which comply with those set out in point 6 of Annex I to this Regulation, shall be deemed to be crude olive-pomace oil within the meaning of point 4 of Part 8 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
6. Oil, the characteristics of which comply with those set out in point 7 of Annex I to this Regulation, shall be deemed to be refined olive-pomace oil within the meaning of point 5 of Part 8 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
7. Oil, the characteristics of which comply with those set out in point 8 of Annex I to this Regulation, shall be deemed to be olive-pomace oil within the meaning of point 6 of Part 8 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
8. In this Regulation:
(a) ‘appropriate authority’ means:
(i) the relevant authority, or
(ii) the Secretary of State:
(aa) in relation to Scotland, if consent is given by the Scottish Ministers;
(b) ‘constituent nation’ means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be;
(c) ‘relevant authority’ means:
(i) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(iii) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(iv) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.

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