# 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, Annex III

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

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
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Acidity
Annex II
Determination of free fatty acids, cold method
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Peroxide value
Annex III
Determination of peroxide value
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UV spectrometry
Annex IX
Spectrophotometric analysis
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Organoleptic assessment
Annex XII
Organoleptic assessment of virgin olive oil
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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
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3,5-Stigmastadienes
Annex XVII
Method of determining stigmastadienes in vegetable oils
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Trans isomers of fatty acids
Annex X A
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Analysis by gas chromatography of methyl esters of fatty acids
Annex X B
Preparation of methyl esters of fatty acids
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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
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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
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Waxes
Annex IV
Determination of wax content by capillary-column gas chromatography
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Aliphatic alcohols
Annex XIX
Determination of aliphatic alcohols content by capillary-column gas chromatography
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Saturated fatty acids in position 2
Annex VII
Determination of the percentage of 2-glyceryl monopalmitate

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1348/annex/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1348/annex-III
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