Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2095

of 26 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 1234/20071, and in particular Article 75(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/912 defines the physico-chemical and organoleptic characteristics of olive oil and olive-pomace oil and lays down methods of assessing those characteristics. Those methods and the limit values for the characteristics of oils 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 limit values for fatty acid ethyl ester, heptadecanoic, heptadecenoic, eicosenoic acids and the specific extinction coefficient at wavelength 270 nm laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 should be adjusted. At the same time, in order to ensure consistency with the presentation of purity and quality parameters of the IOC standard, that presentation should be reflected in that Annex.

(3)

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

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