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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1348/annex-III",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/1348",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2013 of 16 December 2013 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1348",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "ANNEX Ib\nDECISION TREE FOR VERIFYING WHETHER AN OLIVE OIL SAMPLE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CATEGORY DECLARED\nTable 1\nTable 2\nTable 3\nAppendix 1\nTable of equivalence between the Annexes to this Regulation and the analyses specified in the decision tree\n—\nAcidity\nAnnex II\nDetermination of free fatty acids, cold method\n—\nPeroxide value\nAnnex III\nDetermination of peroxide value\n—\nUV spectrometry\nAnnex IX\nSpectrophotometric analysis\n—\nOrganoleptic assessment\nAnnex XII\nOrganoleptic assessment of virgin olive oil\n—\nEthyl esters\nAnnex XX\nMethod for the determination of the content of waxes, fatty acid methyl esters and fatty acid ethyl esters by capillary gas chromatography\n—\n3,5-Stigmastadienes\nAnnex XVII\nMethod of determining stigmastadienes in vegetable oils\n—\nTrans isomers of fatty acids\nAnnex X A\nand\nAnalysis by gas chromatography of methyl esters of fatty acids\nAnnex X B\nPreparation of methyl esters of fatty acids\n—\nFatty acids content\nAnnex X A\nand\nAnalysis by gas chromatography of methyl esters of fatty acids\nAnnex X B\nPreparation of methyl esters of fatty acids\n—\nΔECN42\nAnnex XVIII\nDetermination of the composition of triglycerides with ECN42 (difference between the HPLC data and theoretical content)\nSterols composition and total sterols\nErythrodiol and Uvaol\nAnnex V\nDetermination of the composition and content of sterols and triterpene dialcohols by capillary-column gas chromatography\n—\nWaxes\nAnnex IV\nDetermination of wax content by capillary-column gas chromatography\n—\nAliphatic alcohols\nAnnex XIX\nDetermination of aliphatic alcohols content by capillary-column gas chromatography\n—\nSaturated fatty acids in position 2\nAnnex VII\nDetermination of the percentage of 2-glyceryl monopalmitate",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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