Packing defect where olives presented in the stuffed olive style are totally or partly empty in comparison with the trade preparation concerned and with the average of a representative sample of the lot.

Packing defect of olives whose colour is distinctly different from the characteristic colour of the trade preparation concerned and from the average of a representative sample of the lot.

Defects detected in olives which have reached the end product stage and are intended for direct consumption.

Olives which that been sorted and size-graded and which are held in specific vessels until they are to be packed.

To separate olives by class or size.

Category comprising good quality olives which, although they cannot be classified in the two previous categories, comply with the general conditions defined for table olives in standards.

Category which covers good quality olives with a suitable degree of ripeness and endowed with the characteristics specific to the variety and trade preparation. Providing the overall favourable aspect or individual organoleptic characteristics of each fruit is not affected, they may have slight

Category comprising high quality olives endowed to the maximum extent with the characteristics specific to the variety and trade preparation. However, providing the overall favourable aspect or organoleptic characteristics of each fruit is not affected, they may have very slight colour, shape,