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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EEC)No429/90
of20February1990
on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct
consumptionintheCommunity
(OJ L 45, 21.2.1990, p. 8)
Amended by:
OfficialJournal
No page date
►M1 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1265/90 of 14 May 1990 L 124 34 15.5.1990
►M2 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2617/90 of 11 September 1990 L 249 5 12.9.1990
►M3 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3301/90 of 15 November 1990 L 317 24 16.11.1990
►M4 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1264/92 of 18 May 1992 L 135 5 19.5.1992
►M5 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3774/92 of 23 December 1992 L 383 48 29.12.1992
►M6 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 of 30 June 1993 L 161 48 2.7.1993
►M7 Commission Regulation (EC) No 3337/94 of 23 December 1994 L 350 66 31.12.1994
►M8 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 of 25 July 1995 L 174 27 26.7.1995
►M9 Commission Regulation (EC) No 417/98 of 20 February 1998 L 52 18 21.2.1998
►M10 Commission Regulation (EC) No 101/1999 of 15 January 1999 L 11 14 16.1.1999
►M11 Commission Regulation (EC) No 124/1999 of 20 January 1999 L 16 19 21.1.1999
Corrected by:
►C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 96, 12.4.1992, p. 92 (429/90)
►C2 Corrigendum, OJ L 203, 29.8.1995, p. 17 (1802/95)
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncilRegul ation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EEC)No429/90
of20February1990
on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated
butterintendedfordirect consumptionintheCommunity
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity,
Having regard to CouncilRegul ation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June on
the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (
1), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3879/89 (2), and in particular
Article 7a (3) thereof,
Having regard to CouncilRegul ation (EEC) No 1677/85 of 11 June
1985 on monetary compensatory amounts in agriculture (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1889/87 (4),
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 (5), as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2690/89 (6), establishes a scheme for the sale at
reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption inthe form of concentrated butter; whereas that measure has helped to
increase the disposalof intervention butter and to boost the consumption
of concentrated butter;
Whereas having regard, on the one hand, to the promotionaland
commercialaction undertaken, which has enabl ed part of the market inoils and fats to be conquered since the entry into force of the saidRegulation and, on the other hand, to the current situation on the marketin butter, the scheme provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85
should be continued and supplemented by providing for the possibility
of granting aid for concentrated butter obtained from butter or creamoriginating from the market and intended for direct consumption in theCommunity;
Whereas, pursutant (SIC! pursuant) to Article 7a (2) (b) of Regulation
(EEC) No 804/68, specialmeasures may be taken with a view toincreasing the possibility of disposing of butter which has not been thesubject of purchase by intervention agencies nor of private storage aid
and the possibility of disposing of cream; whereas provisions should
therefore be laid down to ensure that the butter has not been the subjectof the measures provided for in Title II of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68;
Whereas disposalmeasures may provide for the granting of an aid;
whereas to ensure that such aid is established at the level which isstrictly necessary and to supervise effectively the quantities concerned, astanding invitation to tender procedure should be used, which will also
ensure equalaccess for interested operators;
Whereas measures should be taken to ensure differentiation at all stages
of marketing between concentrated butter disposed of under the terms ofthis Regulation and other types of butter; whereas, to that end,provisions should be adopted concerning the composition and descrip-tion of concentrated butter; whereas, in order to ensure compliance withthe aims of this Regulation, a time limit for the processing of the butter
and the cream into concentrated butter and for packing should be fixed;
Whereas a sufficiently high butterfat content should be laid down;
Whereas a system of checks should be applied to ensure that the
concentrated butter is not used for purposes other than those stipulated;
whereas in view of the specific character of the operation, particularly inconnection with the manufacture of the concentrated butter, provision1990R0429 — EN — 28.01.1999 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ No L 378, 27. 12. 1989, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 6.
(4) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 298, 12. 11. 1985, p. 9.
(6) OJ No L 261, 7. 9. 1989, p. 6.
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should be made for the keeping of stock records by the parties
concerned; whereas, however, such checks should end at the stageimmediately preceding taking-over by the retail sector;
Whereas, as regards the monetary compensatory amounts fixed pursuant
to Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85, account should be taken of the valueof the butter or the concentrated butter; whereas, to that end, provisionshould be made for the application of a coefficient to the monetary
compensatory amounts applicable to concentrated butter pursuant to the
Commission Regulation fixing the monetary compensatory amounts;
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has
not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. An aid shall be granted for concentrated butter produced in an
establishment approved in accordance with Article 9 and made fromeither cream or butter manufactured in the Community, suchconcentrated butter meeting the specifications in the Annex hereto,provided that in the case of butter, the latter has not been the subject ofbuying in by intervention agencies ►
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concentrated butter shall be intended for direct consumption in the
Community.
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘direct consumption’ shall
mean purchases by consumers for the purposes of finalutil ization,including those made by hotels, restaurants, hospitals, homes, boardingschools, prisons and all similar establishments for the preparation offood for direct consumption.
3. The aid shall be granted by the Member State on whose territory
the cream or butter has been processed into concentrated butter inaccordance with the formulae set out in the Annex hereto.
4. The aid shall be fixed in ecus in accordance with the standing
invitation to tender procedure, which shall be administered by each of
the intervention agencies.
Article 2
1. Notice of a standing invitation to tender shall be published in the
Official Journal of the European Communities at least eight days before
the first closing date for submission of tenders.
2. The intervention agency shall issue a notice of invitation to tender,
indicating in particular the closing date and place for the submission oftenders.
Article 3
1. During the period of validity of the standing invitation to tender,
the intervention agency shall issue individual invitations to tender.
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individual invitations to tender shall be 12 noon (Brussels time) on the
second and fourth Tuesday of the month except for the second Tuesdayof August and the fourth Tuesday of December. If Tuesday is a publicholiday the time limit shall be 12 noon (Brussels time) on the previousworking day. ◄
3. As regards the first individualinvitation to tender, the period for
the submission of tenders shall expire at 12 noon on 13 March 1990.
Article 4
1. A tender shall not be valid unless it is accompanied by a written
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stipulated in the tender. ►M3If the concentrated butter is manufac-
tured from butter, the tenderer must also give a written undertaking thathe will use butter which has not been the subject of buying in by
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2. Tenders shall be submitted either by registered post or delivered by
hand to the intervention agency against acknowledgement of receipt, orby any written means of telecommunication.
3. Tenders shall be submitted to the intervention agency on whose
territory the concentrated butter is to be manufactured.
4. Tenders shall state:
(a) the name and address of the tenderer;
(b) the amount of aid proposed, expressed in ecus per 100 kilograms of
concentrated butter;
(c) the quantity of concentrated butter for which the aid is applied for;
(d) the name and address of the establishment where the entire quantity
of concentrated butter is to be manufactured, tracers added andpacking carried out, in accordance with Articles 9 and 10 and, whereappropriate, of the establishment where the entire quantity ofconcentrated butter is to be packed for marketing, in accordance
with Article 10 (5). However, with the agreement of the competent
agency, the entire quantity of concentrated butter may be packed formarketing in an establishment other than that indicated in the tender,in accordance with Article 10 (5).
5. A tender shall not be valid unless:
(a) it is accompanied by the written undertakings referred to in
paragraph 1;
(b) it relates to a quantity of at least four tonnes of concentrated butter;
(c) proof is furnished that, before expiry of the period set for the
submission of tenders, the tenderer has lodged the tendering security
referred to in Article 5 (1).
6. No tender may be withdrawn after the closing date referred to in
Article 3 (2) for the submission of tenders relating to the individualinvitation to tender concerned.
Article 5
1. For the purposes of this Regulation, maintenance of the tender
after the closing date for the submission of tenders and the lodging of anend-use security shall constitute primary requirements, compliance withwhich shall be ensured by the lodging of a tendering security of ECU
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2. Tendering securities shall be lodged in the Member State in which
the tender is submitted.
Tendering securities shall be released when the end-use security referred
to in paragraph 3 is lodged.
3. Taking-over of the concentrated butter by the retailtrade in the
Community shall be a primary requirement compliance with which shallbe ensured by the lodging of an end-use security the amount of which
shall be set at the same time and in line with the aid per 100 kilograms.
Article 6
In the light of the tenders received in response to each individual
invitation to tender and in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, a maximum amount of aidshall be fixed for the concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of96 %.
Under the above mentioned procedure a decision may be taken to make
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Article 7
1. Tenders shall be rejected if the aid proposed is more than the
maximum amount fixed for the individualinvitation to tenderconcerned.
2. Rights and obligations arising in connection with the invitation to
tender shall not be transferable.
Article 8
1. Each tenderer shall be notified without delay by the intervention
agency of the result of his participation in an individual invitation to
tender.
2. Where the tenderer has been declared successful, such notification
shall indicate:
(a) the amount of the aid granted for the quantity of concentrated butter
concerned and the tender, identified by a serialnumber, to which itrelates;
(b) the finaldate for packing the concentrated butter;
(c) the amount of the end-use security.
3. Except in cases of force majeure , the aid shall be paid to the
successfultenderer:
— within 60 days from the date on which proof is furnished that the
concentrated butter has been manufactured, had tracers added andbeen packed in accordance with Articles 9 and 10 and shall be paid
in proportion to the quantities for which such proof is furnished.
— and after the end-use security referred to in Article 5 (3) has been
lodged.
The end-use security shall be released in respect of the quantities for
which proof of taking-over by the retailtrade is furnished within a
maximum of 15 months from the deadline for the submission of tenders
referred to in Article 3 (2).
However, 85 % of the end-use security shall be released if the proof
concerned is furnished within six months of the 15-month time limit
referred to in the second subparagraph.
Where a T 5 controlcopy must be used as proof of taking-over by the
retailtrade and has, owing to circumstances beyond the controlof theinterested party, not been returned to the customs office of departure or
to the centralreturn office within 12 months of the deadl ine for the
submission of tenders referred to in Article 3 (2), that party may lodgewith the competent authorities a reasoned application before the expiryof the 15-month time limit referred to in the second subparagraph forequivalence of treatment, together with supporting documents, whichmust include the transport document and a document proving that the
butter has been taken over by the retailtrade.
4. Where, for example because of uneven distribution, the content of
each of the products listed in point 1 (c) of the Annex is found to bemore than 5 % but less than ►
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quantities prescribed, the aid shall be reduced by 1,5 % of its amount per
percentage point below the prescribed minimum quantities.
5. Where the period referred to in Article 9 (1) is exceeded by less
than a totalof 60 days, the aid shal lbe reduced by ECU ►M84,83◄
per tonne per day. At the end of this period, the remaining amount of the
aid shall be reduced by 15 %, and thereafter by 2 % for each extra day.
6. In cases of force majeure or where an administrative inquiry
concerning entitlement to the aid has been initiated, payment shall not
be made until entitlement to the aid has been acknowledged.
Article 9
1. Manufacture of the concentrated butter, the addition of tracers in
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the concentrated butter, including the packing for marketing referred to
in Article 4 (4) (d), must take place:
— within 90 days of the closing date for the submission of tenders
referred to in Article 3 (2),
— in an establishment approved for that purpose by the Member State
on whose territory the said establishment is located.
However, for the quantities of concentrated butter awarded under the
180th invitation to tender, for which the closing date for the submissionof tenders was 9 December 1997, the deadline referred to in the firstindent shall be 31 March 1998.
2. Approval may be granted to an establishment only if it:
(a) has the appropriate technical installations to process an average
quantity of at least two tonnes of concentrated butter per month;
(b) has premises on which any stocks of non-butter fat can be stored
separately and identified as such;
(c) undertakes to keep permanent records of the origin of the butter
used, the date of manufacture of the butter, the quantity and
composition of the concentrated butter obtained, the removaldate ofthat product and the names and addresses of holders substantiated byreference to delivery notes and invoices; and
(d) undertakes to forward its manufacturing programme for each
consignment, in accordance with the arrangements decided on bythe Member State concerned, to the body responsible for the checksreferred to in Article 11.
3. If the establishment processes various products qualifying for aid
or a price reduction, it must also undertake:
— to keep the records referred to in paragraph 2 (c) as a separate entity,
— to process successively the said products. However, on application
by the party concerned, the Member States may agree to waive thisobligation if the establishment has premises ensuring that the stocksof the products in question can be stored separately and identified as
such.
4. Approvalshal lbe given with a serialnumber by the Member State
on whose territory the concentrated butter is manufactured and packed.
5. Approval shall be withdrawn in the event of failure to comply with
the provisions of this Article; approval may also be withdrawn where theundertaking concerned is found not to have complied with any otherobligation arising from this Regulation.
On application by the establishment concerned, approval shall be
reinstated after a minimum period of six months and following adetailed inspection.
6. Paragraphs 2 and 5 notwithstanding, until31 December 1990
Member States may treat as valid for the purposes of this Regulation, but
not where cream is concerned, approvals previously given pursuant to
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85.
Article 10
1. During the manufacture of the concentrated butter, one of the
tracers referred to in the Annex shall be incorporated, in accordance with
the formula chosen, in such a way as to ensure its homogeneousdistribution.
The competent agency shall ensure that the requirements as to the
quality and characteristics, in particular the degree of purity, of the
products to be incorporated into the concentrated butter have beencomplied with.
2. Nitrogen gas may be added to concentrated butter immediately
before packing to cause foaming; the increase in volume resulting from1990R0429 — EN — 28.01.1999 — 002.001 — 6
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this treatment may not exceed 10 % of the volume of the concentrated
butter before treatment.
However, in the case of concentrated butter with a minimum butterfat
content of 99,8 % before the addition of tracers and additives, the
increase in volume resulting from this treatment may not exceed 20 % ofthe volume of the concentrated butter before treatment.
3. Concentrated butter to which tracers have been added in
accordance with formula I set out in the Annex must be put up in
sealed packs. Depending on the products incorporated in accordance
with paragraphs 1 and 2 and subject to the nationalprovisions governingthe description of food products, the packs shall bear, in clear andlegible print, of a single font, one or more of the following statements:
— ‘Mantequilla concentrada — Reglamento (CEE) n
o429/90’ o
‘mantequilla concentrada para la cocina — Reglamento (CEE) no
429/90’ o ‘mantequilla concentrada para la cocina y la pastelería —Reglamento (CEE) n
o429/90’;
— Stege- og/eller bagesmør — Forordning (EØF) nr. 429/90;
— ‘Butterfett — Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 429’ or ‘Butterkonzentrat —
Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 429/90’ or ‘Butterschmalz — Verordnung(EWG) Nr. 429/90’;
—‘Συµπυκνωµένο δούτυρο —Κανονισµός (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 429 /90’ή
‘Συµπυκνωµένο δούτυρο για µαγειρική —Κανονισµος (ΕΟΚ)
αριθ. 429 /90’ή‘Συµπυκνωµένο δούτυρο για µαγειρική και
ζαχαροπλαστική —Κανονισµός (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 429 /90’ή
‘Μαγειρικό δούτυρο —Κανονισµός (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 429 /90’;
— ‘Butteroil— Regul ation (EEC) No 429/90’ or ‘concentrated butter
for cooking and baking — Regulation (EEC) No 429/90’;
— ‘Beurre concentré — Règlement (CEE) n
o429/90’ or beurre
concentré pour la cuisine — Règlement (CEE) no429/90'' or ‘beurre
concentré pour la cuisine et la pâtisserie — Règlement (CEE) no429/
90’ or ‘beurre cuisinier — Règlement (CEE) no429/90’ or ‘beurre de
cuisine — Règlement (CEE) no429/90’;
— ‘Burro concentrato — Regolamento (CEE) n. 429/90’;
— ‘Bak- en braadboter — Verordening (EEG) nr. 429/90’ of
‘boterconcentraat — Verordening (EEG) nr. 429/90’;
— Voiöljy — asetus (ETY) N:o 429/90
— Voiöljy ruoanlaittoon ja leivontaan — asetus (ETY) N:o 429/90;— Smörolja — förordning (EEG) nr 429/90;— Koncentrerat smör för matlagning och bakning — förordning (EEG)
nr 429/90.
Concentrated butter to which tracers have been added in accordance
with formula II set out in the Annex must be put in sealed packs bearing,
in clear and legible print, of a single font, one or more of the following
statements:
— Ghee obtenido de mantequilla — Reglamento (CEE) n
o429/90
— Ghee — Forordning (EØF) nr. 429/90— Aus Butter gewonnenes Ghee — Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 429/90—Βούτυρο ghee — Κανονισµός (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 429 /90
— Butter ghee — Regulation (EEC) No 429/90— Ghee obtenu du beurre — Règlement (CEE) n
o429/90
— Ghee ottenuto da burro — Regolamento (CEE) n. 429/90— Ghee — Verordening (EEG) nr. 429/90.
4. The packs referred to in paragraph 3 shall have a maximum net
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5. The entire quantity of concentrated butter may be packed for
marketing in an establishment other than that in which it was processedprovided that packing takes place in an establishment approved for that
purpose by the Member State on whose territory the two establishments
are located.
Article 11
1. During the manufacture of the concentrated butter, the competent
agency shall carry out on-the-spot checks on the basis of the
establishment's manufacturing programme as referred to in Article 9(2) (d) in such a way that each tender as described in Article 4 ischecked at least once.
Such checks shall entail taking and analysing samples and shall relate in
particular to the conditions of manufacture, to the quantity andcomposition of the product obtained and to the packs. They shall entailtaking samples of concentrated butter from each consignment identifiedby the serialnumber of the tender.
These checks shall be accompanied periodically, depending on the
quantities processed, by a thorough and random inspection of the recordsreferred to in Article 9 (2) (c) and by verification of compliance with theconditions laid down for the approval of the establishment.
The cost of the checks shall fall to the establishment.
2. A ‘consignment’ means a quantity of concentrated butter produced
in a single manufacturing unit and corresponding to all or part of atender as described in Article 4 (3).
Article 12
1. Within the meaning of this Regulation, butter shall also be deemed
to be taken over by the retailtrade where purchases are made by theestablishments referred to in Article 1 (2), by distributing establishmentsto which access is reserved to holders of a purchaser's card (‘cash and
carry’) and by the purchasing departments of retaildistribution
undertakings.
2. Untilsuch time as the concentrated butter is taken over by the
retailtrade, any person hol ding concentrated butter must keep stock
records showing for each delivery the names and addresses of the
purchasers of the concentrated butter and the quantities purchased ineach case.
Where the holder of concentrated butter under this Regulation also holds
concentrated butter subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 570/88 (
1) and/or Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85, separate
stock records shall be kept for the products held by virtue of each of thesaid Regulations.
3. In order to ensure that the provisions referred to in paragraph 2 are
complied with, control operations shall be supplemented by thorough
unannounced checking of the commercialdocuments and stock recordsof all holders of concentrated butter referred to in that paragraph.
Article 13
Member States shall notify the Commission at the beginning of each
quarter of the retail selling prices for concentrated butter recorded duringthe preceding quarter.1990R0429 — EN — 28.01.1999 — 002.001 — 8
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Article 14
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 (1) shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the products referred to in this Regulation, save as otherwise
provided for therein.
With regard to the controlmeasures provided for in Articl e 2 of
Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, they shall apply to the products referredto in this Regulation from the beginning of the operations referred to in
Article 9 to the time the products are recorded as being taken over by the
retailtrade.
On the dispatch of the packed concentrated butter for taking over by the
retailtrade in another Member State, in addition to the endorsementsprovided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, the T 5 control copy shall
carry in Section 104 one of the following endorsements:
— Mantequilla concentrada y envasada destinada al consumo inmediato
en la Comunidad (para su aceptación por el comercio minorista)
— Emballeret koncentreret smør bestemt til direkte forbrug i Fæll-
esskabet (til detailhandelen)
— Verpacktes Butterfett zum unmittelbaren Verbrauch in der
Gemeinschaft (vom Einzelhandel zu übemehmen)
—Συµπυκνωµένο και συσκευασµένο βούτυρο που προορίζεται
για άµεση κατανάλωση στην Κοινότητα (θα αναληφθεί από τολιανικό εµπόριο)
— Packed concentrated butter for direct consumption in the Community
(to be taken over by the retailtrade)
— Beurre concentré et emballé destiné a la consommation directe dans
la Communauté (à prendre en charge par le commerce de détail)
— Burro concentrato ed imballato destinato al consumo diretto nella
Comunità (da consegnare ai commercianti alminuto)
— Verpakt boterconcentraat bestemd voor rechtstreekse consumptie in
de Gemeenschap (over te nemen door de detailhandel)
— Manteiga concentrada e embalada destinada ao consumo directo na
Comunidade (com vista à sua tomada a cargo pelo comércioretalhista).
— Pakattu ja yhteisössä välittömästi kulutukseen tarkoitettu voiöljy
(vähittäiskaupan haltuun otettavia)
— Förpackat koncentrerat smör för direkt förbrukning inom gemen-
skapen (avsett för detaljhandeln).
Article 16
The monetary compensatory amounts applicable to packed concentrated
butter shall be equal to the monetary compensatory amounts fixedpursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 multiplied by the coefficientgiven in Part 5 of Annex I to the Commission regulation fixing the
monetary compensatory amounts.
Article 17
The aid for concentrated butter provided for in Article 1 of this
Regulation shall be regarded as intervention intended to stabilize theagricultural markets within the meaning of Article 3 (1) of CouncilRegulation (EEC) No 729/70 (
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Article 18
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (1) shall apply except where
this Regulation specifically provides otherwise.
Article 19
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1990.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.1990R0429 — EN — 28.01.1999 — 002.001 — 10
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ANNEX
SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONCENTRATED BUTTER FOR DIRECT
CONSUMPTION
1. REQUIREMENTS REGARDING COMPOSITION
(per 100 kilograms of concentrated butter for direct consumption):
(a)Milk fat content: minimum 96 kilograms;
(b)Non-fat constituents of milk: maximum two kilograms;
(c) Tracers, depending on the formula chosen:
FormulaI:
— either 15 grams of stigmasterol(C29H48O=∆ 5,22 -stigmastene-3-beta-
ol), at least 95 % pure, calculated on the product ready for
incorporation,
— or 17 grams of stigmasterol(C29H48O=∆ 5,22 -stigmastene-3-beta-ol),
at least 85 % pure, calculated on the product ready for incorporation,
containing not more than 7,5 % brassicasterol(C29H46O=∆ 5,22 -
ergostene-3-beta-ol) and not more than 6 % sitosterol (C29H50O=∆5-
stigmastene-3-beta-ol),
— or 1,1 kilograms of triglycerides of enanthic (n-heptanoic) acid, at least
95 % pure, calculated as triglycerides on the product ready for
incorporation, with a maximum acid value of 0,3, a saponification
number between 385 and 395, and a 95 % minimum content of
enanthic acid in the esterified acid part.
FormulaII:
— either 10 grams of ethylester of butyric acid and 15 grams of
stigmasterol(C29H48O=∆ 5,22 -stigmastene-3-beta-ol), at least 95 %
pure, calculated on the product ready for incorporation,
— or 10 grams of ethylester of butyric acid and 17 grams of stigmasterol
(C29H48O=∆ 5,22 -stigmastene-3-beta-ol), at least 85 % pure,
calculated on the product ready for incorporation, containing not
more than 7,5 % brassicasterol(C29H46O=∆ 5,22 -ergostene-3-beta-ol)
and not more than 6 % sitosterol(C29H48O=∆5-stigmastene-3-beta-
ol),
— or 10 grams of ethylester of butyric acid and 1,1 kil ograms of
triglycerides of enanthic (n-heptanoic) acid, at least 95 % pure,
calculated as triglycerides on the product ready for incorporation, with
a maximum acid value of 0,3, a saponification number between 385
and 395, and a 95 % minimum content of enanthic acid in the
esterified acid part;
(d)The following may he incorporated to the exclusion of all other additives:
— non-fatty components of milk (maximum two kilograms) referred to in
(b), and/or
— sodium chloride: maximum 0,750 kilogram,
— lecithin (E 322): maximum 0,500 kilogram
2. QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
—Free fatty acids: maximum 0,35 % (expressed as oleic acid).
—Peroxide number: maximum 0,5 (in milliequivalents of active oxygen per
kilogram).
—Flavour: fresh.
—Smell: absence of extraneous odours.
—Neutralizing agents, antioxidants and preservatives: absent.1990R0429 — EN — 28.01.1999 — 002.001 — 11