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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3387/82

of 16 December 1982

amending Regulation (EEC) No 368/77 on the sale by tender of skimmed-milk powder for use in feed for pigs and poultry and Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 on the rules for granting aid to skimmed milk processed into compound feedingstuffs and skimmed-milk powder intended in particular for feed for calves

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1183/82 (2), and in particular Articles 7 (5) and 10 (3) thereof,

Whereas Section 3 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 368/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2924/82 (4), lays down the general prescriptions concerning denaturing and incorporation; whereas abuses should be prevented as regard certain products used as denaturing agents;

Whereas certain control measures referred to in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 232/82 (6), should be adjusted, having regard to the new denaturing formulae;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The first paragraph of Section 3 C of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 368/77 is hereby replaced by the following:

'The quantities of products to be incorporated in the skimmed-milk powder, as given in the formulae in Section 1, are fixed without prejudice to other provisions relating to the maximum quantities of additives, products and undesirable substances which may be contained in animal feed, and in particular the provisions adopted in accordance with Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (1), and Council Directive 74/63/EEC of 17 December 1973 on the fixing of maximum permitted levels for undesirable substances and products in feedingstuffs (2).

(1) OJ No L 270, 14. 12. 1970, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 38, 11. 2. 1974, p. 31.'

Article 2

Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 3 (1) (a) and (b), the expressions 'not less than 70 %' and 'not less than 40 %' are hereby replaced by 'not less than 70 % m m ' and 'not less than 40 % m m ' respectively.

2. In the second subparagraph of Article 10 (2) (a), the following indents are hereby added:

'- crushed oilcake and/or meal of dried and defatted colza and/or rape seed,

- hay and/or straw meal,

- products of vegetable origin intended for animal feed, other than those listed in the preceding indents.'

3. In Section A (2) of the analysis report referred to in Annex I, the list of products is hereby amended as follows:

'(a) starch;

(b) crushed cereal;

(c) grass meal or lucerne meal;

(d) fish oil, undeodorized;

(e) fish meal;

(f) crushed oilcake and/or meal of dried and defatted colza and/or rape seed;

(g) crushed oilcake other than that referred to in (f);

(h) hay and/or straw meal;

(i) products of vegetable origin intended for animal feed, other than those listed in (a), (b), (c), (f), (g) and (h);

(j) others and especially whey as far as its detection is required by the national authorities.'

4. With effect from 16 April 1983, the reference to 'undeodorized fish oil' in the sixth indent to the second subparagraph of Article 10 (2) (a) and in Section A (2) (d) of Annex I are hereby deleted.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1982.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 52, 24. 2. 1977, p. 19.

(4) OJ No L 304, 30. 10. 1982, p. 71.

(5) OJ No L 199, 7. 8. 1979, p. 1.

(6) OJ No L 22, 30. 1. 1982, p. 53.