
Article 1 
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 8 July 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX


ANNEX I 
Category Fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) (*) Acidity(%) (*) Peroxide indexmEq O2/kg (*) Waxesmg/kg (**) 2-glyceril monopalmitate(%) Stigmastadienesmg/kg Difference: ECN42 (HPLC) and ECN42(theoretical calculation) K232 (*) K268 or K270 (*) Delta-K (*) Organoleptic evaluationMedian defect (Md) (*) Organoleptic evaluationFruity median (Mf) (*)
 1. Extra virgin olive oil
 FAEEs ≤ 40 mg/kg (2013-2014 crop year)FAEEs ≤ 35 mg/kg (2014-2016 crop year)FAEEs ≤ 30 mg/kg (after 2016 crop years) ≤ 0,8 ≤ 20 C42 + C44 + C46 ≤ 150 ≤ 0,9 if total palmitic acid % ≤ 14 % ≤ 0,05 ≤ |0,2| ≤ 2,50 ≤ 0,22 ≤ 0,01 Md = 0 Mf > 0
≤ 1,0 if total palmitic acid % > 14 %
 2. Virgin olive oil
 — ≤ 2,0 ≤ 20 C42 + C44 + C46 ≤ 150 ≤ 0,9 if total palmitic acid % ≤ 14 % ≤ 0,05 ≤ |0,2| ≤ 2,60 ≤ 0,25 ≤ 0,01 Md ≤ 3,5 Mf > 0
≤ 1,0 if total palmitic acid % > 14 %
 3. Lampante olive oil
 — > 2,0 — C40 + C42 + C44 + C46 ≤ 300 ≤ 0,9 if total palmitic acid % ≤ 14 % ≤ 0,50 ≤ |0,3| — — — Md > 3,5 —
≤ 1,1 if total palmitic acid % > 14 %
 4. Refined olive oil
 — ≤ 0,3 ≤ 5 C40 + C42 + C44 + C46 ≤ 350 ≤ 0,9 if total palmitic acid % ≤ 14 % — ≤ |0,3| — ≤ 1,10 ≤ 0,16 — —
≤ 1,1 if total palmitic acid % > 14 %
 5. Olive oil composed of refined and virgin olive oils
 — ≤ 1,0 ≤ 15 C40 + C42 + C44 + C46 ≤ 350 ≤ 0,9 if total palmitic acid % ≤ 14 % — ≤ |0,3| — ≤ 0,90 ≤ 0,15 — —
≤ 1,0 if total palmitic acid % > 14 %
 6. Crude olive-pomace oil
 — — — C40 + C42 + C44 + C46 > 350 ≤ 1,4 — ≤ |0,6| — — — — —
 7. Refined olive-pomace oil
 — ≤ 0,3 ≤ 5 C40 + C42 + C44 + C46 > 350 ≤ 1,4 — ≤ |0,5| — ≤ 2,00 ≤ 0,20 — —
 8. Olive-pomace oil
 — ≤ 1,0 ≤ 15 C40 + C42 + C44 + C46 > 350 ≤ 1,2 — ≤ |0,5| — ≤ 1,70 ≤ 0,18 — —





Category Fatty acid composition Total transoleic isomers(%) Total translinoleic + translinolenic isomers(%) Sterols composition Total sterols(mg/kg) Erythrodiol and uvaol(%) (**)
Myristic(%) Linolenic(%) Arachidic(%) Eicosenoic(%) Behenic(%) Lignoceric(%) Cholesterol(%) Brassicasterol(%) Campesterol(%) Stigmasterol(%) App β – sitosterol(%) (**) Delta-7-stigmastenol(%)
 1. Extra virgin olive oil
 ≤ 0,03 ≤ 1,00 ≤ 0,60 ≤ 0,40 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,05 ≤ 0,05 ≤ 0,5 ≤ 0,1 ≤ 4,0 < Camp. ≥ 93,0 ≤ 0,5 ≥ 1 000 ≤ 4,5
 2. Virgin olive oil
 ≤ 0,03 ≤ 1,00 ≤ 0,60 ≤ 0,40 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,05 ≤ 0,05 ≤ 0,5 ≤ 0,1 ≤ 4,0 < Camp. ≥ 93,0 ≤ 0,5 ≥ 1 000 ≤ 4,5
 3. Lampante olive oil
 ≤ 0,03 ≤ 1,00 ≤ 0,60 ≤ 0,40 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,10 ≤ 0,10 ≤ 0,5 ≤ 0,1 ≤ 4,0 — ≥ 93,0 ≤ 0,5 ≥ 1 000 ≤ 4,5
 4. Refined olive oil
 ≤ 0,03 ≤ 1,00 ≤ 0,60 ≤ 0,40 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,30 ≤ 0,5 ≤ 0,1 ≤ 4,0 < Camp. ≥ 93,0 ≤ 0,5 ≥ 1 000 ≤ 4,5
 5. Olive oil composed of refined and virgin olive oils
 ≤ 0,03 ≤ 1,00 ≤ 0,60 ≤ 0,40 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,30 ≤ 0,5 ≤ 0,1 ≤ 4,0 < Camp. ≥ 93,0 ≤ 0,5 ≥ 1 000 ≤ 4,5
 6. Crude olive-pomace oil
 ≤ 0,03 ≤ 1,00 ≤ 0,60 ≤ 0,40 ≤ 0,30 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,10 ≤ 0,5 ≤ 0,2 ≤ 4,0 — ≥ 93,0 ≤ 0,5 ≥ 2 500 > 4,5
 7. Refined olive-pomace oil
 ≤ 0,03 ≤ 1,00 ≤ 0,60 ≤ 0,40 ≤ 0,30 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,40 ≤ 0,35 ≤ 0,5 ≤ 0,2 ≤ 4,0 < Camp. ≥ 93,0 ≤ 0,5 ≥ 1 800 > 4,5
 8. Olive-pomace oil
 ≤ 0,03 ≤ 1,00 ≤ 0,60 ≤ 0,40 ≤ 0,30 ≤ 0,20 ≤ 0,40 ≤ 0,35 ≤ 0,5 ≤ 0,2 ≤ 4,0 < Camp. ≥ 93,0 ≤ 0,5 ≥ 1 600 > 4,5




 (a) The results of the analyses must be expressed to the same number of decimal places as used for each characteristic. The last digit must be increased by one unit if the following digit is greater than 4.
 (b) If just a single characteristic does not match the values stated, the category of an oil can be changed or the oil declared impure for the purposes of this Regulation.
 (c) If a characteristic is marked with an asterisk (*), referring to the quality of the oil, this means the following: — for lampante olive oil, it is possible for both the relevant limits to be different from the stated values at the same time, — for virgin olive oils, if at least one of these limits is different from the stated values, the category of the oil will be changed, although they will still be classified in one of the categories of virgin olive oil.
 (d) If a characteristic is marked with two asterisks (**), this means that for all types of olive-pomace oil, it is possible for both the relevant limits to be different from the stated values at the same time.

Appendix 
Campesterol decision tree for virgin and extra virgin olive oils:

The other parameters shall comply with the limits fixed in this Regulation.

Delta-7-stigmastenol decision tree for:


— Extra virgin and virgin olive oils


The other parameters shall comply with the limits fixed in this Regulation.


— Olive-pomace oils (crude and refined)


