29. 10. 94 " Official Journal of the European Communities No L 280/43 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2632/94 of 28 October 1994 amendlng Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establlshmg the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulanon No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of the common organization of the market in oils and fats(!), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3179/93 (’) and in parti- cular Article 35a thereof, : Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC)‘NO 2568/91 G as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 177/94 (%), defines, inter alia, the organoleptic characteristics of virgin olive oil and the methods for evaluating those characteristics ; Whereas a degressive tolerance has been laid down for the grading of certain types of virgin olive oil ; whereas that tolerance is allowed for the statistical dlfference in repea- tability and reproducibility values between the analysis findings and the limits laid down by regulation ; whereas on the basis of experience and current studies, particularly those carried out by the International Olive Oil Council, the period of application of the degressive tolerance should be extended and the tolerance laid down for the 1993/94 marketing year should - be apphed for the 1994/95 marketmg year ; Whereas the measures prov1ded for in thls Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Commlttee for Qils and Fats . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 In Annex XII, point 102 to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91, the seventh subparagraph is replaced by the * following text : Expressnon of results: on the basis of the average gradlng, the panel supervisor shall determine the cate-, © gory in which the sample is to be classified in accordance with the limits laid down in Annex I. To - that end, where the average grading is five points or more, the supervisor shall allow :  — a tolerance of + 1,5 during the 1992/93 market— ' mg year, — a tolerance of + 1 during the 1993/94 and - 1994/95 marketing years, - — a tolerance of + 0,5 dunng the 1995/96 marke- ting year. Article 2 This Regula.tion shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the O_ffmal Journal .of the : European Communities. This Regulatlon shall be blndlng in its ennrety and. directly appllcable in all Member States. Dorie at Brussels, 28 October 1994. () OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. () OJ No'L 285, 20. 11. 1993 P. 9. () OF No L 248, 5. 9. 1991, () OJ No L 24, 29. 1. 1994, p 33 For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission -