Optional reserved terms
Article 10
The following conditions shall apply for the use of optional reserved terms within the meaning of Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, which may appear on the label of oils referred to in Article 1, point (b), of this Regulation: (a) the indication ‘first cold pressing’ may appear only for extra virgin or virgin olive oils obtained at a temperature below 27 °C from a first mechanical pressing of the olive paste by a traditional extraction system using hydraulic presses; (b) the indication ‘cold extraction’ may appear only for extra virgin or virgin olive oils obtained at a temperature below 27 °C by percolation or centrifugation of the olive paste; (c) indications of organoleptic characteristics referring to taste or smell may appear only for extra virgin and virgin olive oils. Only the organoleptic characteristics as defined in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 may appear on the label and only if they are based on an assessment carried out following the method referred to in Annex I, point 5, of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2105. The definitions and ranges of results, which allow for indication of these organoleptic characteristics, are set out in Annex II to this Regulation; (d) the indication of the maximum acidity expected by the date of minimum durability referred to in Article 9(1), point (f), of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 may appear only if it is accompanied by an indication, in marking of the same size and in the same visual field, of the maximum values for peroxide, wax content and ultraviolet absorption, determined in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2105, expected by the same date.