| (1) | Olives shall undergo the following trade preparations and/or treatments: |
| (a) | Treated olives: Green olives, olives turning colour or black olives that have undergone alkaline treatment: |
| (i) | Treated green olives. |
| (ii) | Treated olives turning colour. |
| (iii) | Treated black olives. |
| (iv) | Treated green ripe olives. (Olives ranging in colour from yellowish green or other greenish cast which may be mottled. The olives are treated to remove bitterness, sufficiently processed by heat, in hermetically-sealed containers, are not oxidized and not treated with acidifying agents.) |
| (b) | Natural olives: Green olives, olives turning colour or black olives placed directly in brine in which they undergo complete or partial fermentation, preserved or not by the addition of acidifying agents: |
| (i) | Natural green olives. |
| (ii) | Natural olives turning colour. |
| (iii) | Natural black olives. |
| (c) | Dehydrated and/or shrivelled olives: Green olives, olives turning colour or black olives that have undergone or not mild alkaline treatment, preserved in brine or partially dehydrated in dry salt and/or by heating or by any other technological process: |
| (i) | Dehydrated and/or shrivelled green olives. |
| (ii) | Dehydrated and/or shrivelled olives turning colour. |
| (iii) | Dehydrated and/or shrivelled black olives. |
| (d) | Olives darkened by oxidation: Green olives or olives turning colour preserved in brine, fermented or not, and darkened by oxidation with or without alkaline medium. They shall be a uniform brown to black colour. Olives darkened by oxidation shall be preserved in hermetically sealed containers and subjected to heat sterilisation. |
| (e) | Specialities: Olives may be prepared by any other means to distinct them from, or additional to, those trade preparations set forth in paragraphs (a) to (d) above. Such specialities may retain the name "olive" as long as the fruit used complies with the general definitions laid down in this regulation. |
The names used for these specialities shall be sufficiently explicit to prevent any confusion in the consumers’ minds, as to the origin and nature of the products and, in particular, with respect to the designations laid down in this regulation.
