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United Kingdom

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1784

of 30 September 2016

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007^f1, and in particular point (d) of the first paragraph and the second paragraph of Article 91 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91^f2 defines the chemical and organoleptic characteristics of olive oil and olive-pomace oil and lays down methods of assessing those characteristics. Those methods are regularly updated on the basis of the opinion of chemical experts and in line with the work carried out within the International Olive Council (IOC).

(2)

In order to ensure the implementation at Union level of the most recent international standards established by the IOC, the method for the determination of the peroxide value set out in Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 should be updated.

(3)

Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

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Footnotes

f1: OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
f2: 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 (OJ L 248, 5.9.1991, p. 1).