# 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 2a

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

1. For the purpose of this Article, ‘olive oil marketed’ means total quantity of olive oil and olive pomace oil that is consumed in or exported from Great Britain, or moved from Great Britain into Northern Ireland.
2. The appropriate authority shall ensure that conformity checks are carried out selectively, based on a risk analysis, and with appropriate frequency, so as to ensure that the olive oil marketed is consistent with the category declared.
3. The criteria to assess the risk may include:
(a) the category of oil, the period of production, the price of oils in relation to other vegetable oils, the blending and packing operations, the storage facilities and conditions, the country of origin, the country of destination, the means of transport or the volume of the lot;
(b) the position of the operators in the marketing chain, the volume and/or value marketed by them, the range of oil categories they market, the type of business carried out such as milling, storage, refining, blending, packaging or retail sale;
(c) findings made during previous checks including the number and type of defects found, the usual quality of oils marketed, the performance of technical equipment used;
(d) the reliability of operators’ quality assurance systems or self-checking systems related to the conformity to marketing standards;
(e) the place where the check is carried out, in particular if it is the first point of entry into Great Britain, the last point of exit from Great Britain or the place where the oils are produced, packaged, loaded or sold to the final consumer;
(f) any other information that might indicate a risk of non-compliance.
4. The appropriate authority must ensure there are established:
(a) the criteria for assessing the risk of non-conformity of lots;
(b) on the basis of a risk analysis for each risk category, the minimum number of operators or lots and/or quantities which will be subject to a conformity check.
The relevant authorities must jointly ensure that at least one conformity check per thousand tonnes of olive oil marketed in Great Britain is carried out per year.
5. The appropriate authority shall verify compliance by:
(a) carrying out, in any order, the analyses set out in Annex I; or
(b) following the order set out in Annex Ib on the flowchart, until one of the decisions appearing in the flowchart is reached.

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