Annex III

ANNEX Ib

DECISION TREE FOR VERIFYING WHETHER AN OLIVE OIL SAMPLE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CATEGORY DECLARED

Table 1

Table 2

Table 3

Appendix 1

Table of equivalence between the Annexes to this Regulation and the analyses specified in the decision tree

— Acidity	Annex II	Determination of free fatty acids, cold method
— Peroxide value	Annex III	Determination of peroxide value
— UV spectrometry	Annex IX	Spectrophotometric analysis
— Organoleptic assessment	Annex XII	Organoleptic assessment of virgin olive oil
— Ethyl esters	Annex XX	Method for the determination of the content of waxes, fatty acid methyl esters and fatty acid ethyl esters by capillary gas chromatography
— 3,5-Stigmastadienes	Annex XVII	Method of determining stigmastadienes in vegetable oils
— Trans isomers of fatty acids	Annex X A and	Analysis by gas chromatography of methyl esters of fatty acids
	Annex X B	Preparation of methyl esters of fatty acids
— Fatty acids content	Annex X A and	Analysis by gas chromatography of methyl esters of fatty acids
	Annex X B	Preparation of methyl esters of fatty acids
— ΔECN42	Annex XVIII	Determination of the composition of triglycerides with ECN42 (difference between the HPLC data and theoretical content)
Sterols composition and total sterols Erythrodiol and Uvaol	Annex V	Determination of the composition and content of sterols and triterpene dialcohols by capillary-column gas chromatography
— Waxes	Annex IV	Determination of wax content by capillary-column gas chromatography
— Aliphatic alcohols	Annex XIX	Determination of aliphatic alcohols content by capillary-column gas chromatography
— Saturated fatty acids in position 2	Annex VII	Determination of the percentage of 2-glyceryl monopalmitate