1. Extracted from data provided by IOC webpage about world statistics on olive oil consumption: http://www.internationaloliveoil.org/web/aa-ingles/corp/AreasActivitie/economics/AreasActivitie.html.
2. Council Directive of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (91/414/EEC) and subsequents updates.
3. Codex Alimentarius Committee on Pesticide Residues, Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues, http://www.codexalimentarius.net/mrls/pestdes/jsp/pest_q-e.jsp. Last update, 30 March 2009.
4. Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EC, and subsequent updates.