Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1830 of 8 July 2015 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1830of 8 July 2015amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysisTHE 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 1234/2007OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671., and in particular Article 75(2) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91Commission 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). 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 lower limit values for linoleic acid laid down in a note to the second table in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 should be adjusted. In addition, the reference to 2015 in the timetable for the phased reduction of the fatty acid ethyl ester limit for extra virgin olive oil set out in that Annex should be replaced by a reference to 2016.(3)The method for the detection of extraneous vegetable oils in olive oils set out in Annex XXa to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 is no longer in use. A note to the first table in Annex I to that Regulation referring to that method should therefore be deleted.(4)Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: