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( 1 ) OJ N L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 13 .

( 2 ) OJ N L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , P . 14 .

( 3 ) OJ N L 91 , 25 . 4 . 1970 , P . 28 .

( 4 ) OJ N L 139 , 26 . 5 . 1973 , P . 17 .

REGULATION ( EEC ) N 2940/73 OF THE COMMISSION

OF 29 OCTOBER 1973

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) N 756/70 ON GRANTING AID FOR SKIMMED MILK PROCESSED INTO CASEIN AND CASEINATES

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) N 804/68 ( 1 ) OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE ACT ( 2 ) CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 11 ( 3 ) THEREOF ;

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) N 756/70 ( 3 ) OF 24 APRIL 1970 ON GRANTING AID FOR SKIMMED MILK PROCESSED INTO CASEIN AND CASEINATES , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) N 1399/73 ( 4 ) , DEFINES CASEIN AND CASEINATES FOR WHOSE MANUFACTURE AID IS GRANTED ON THE SKIMMED MILK UTILIZED ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE CHANGE IN MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES WHICH WIDEN THE RANGE OF USAGE , IT IS APPROPRIATE TO SUPPLEMENT THE LIST OF PRODUCTS CONCERNED ; WHEREAS THE COMPOSITION OF CERTAIN CASEINS AND CASEINATES SET OUT IN THIS LIST SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE DEFINED ;

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

1 . IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) N 756/70 :

_ THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPHS ARE INSERTED AFTER THE PROVISION ( D ) :

" ( E ) 1 KILOGRAMME OF CASEIN DEFINED IN ANNEX III HAS BEEN MANUFACTURED FROM 27 * 75 KILOGRAMMES OF SKIMMED MILK ;

( F ) 1 KILOGRAMME OF CASEINATE DEFINED IN ANNEX III HAS BEEN MANUFACTURED FROM 31 * 75 KILOGRAMMES OF SKIMMED MILK . "

_ THE PHRASE " IN ( A ) TO ( D ) " IN THE LAST SUBPARAGRAPH IS REPLACED BY " IN ( A ) TO ( F ) " .

2 . IN ANNEX I AND II OF REGULATION ( EEC ) N 756/70 , THE FOLLOWING TITLE IS ADDED :

" CASEIN AND CASEINATES SET OUT BELOW SHALL HAVE A MILK PROTEIN CONTENT , OTHER THAN CASEIN , NOT EXCEEDING 5 % OF THE TOTAL MILK PROTEIN CONTENT . "

3 . ANNEX III OF REGULATION ( EEC ) N 756/70 IS REPLACED BY ANNEXES III AND IV ATTACHED TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 NOVEMBER 1973 .

IT SHALL APPLY ONLY TO CASEINS AND CASEINATES WHICH ARE MANUFACTURED AS FROM THIS DATE .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 29 OCTOBER 1973 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

FRANCOIS-XAVIER ORTOLI

ANNEX III

CASEINS AND CASEINATES WITH A MILK PROTEIN CONTENT , OTHER THAN CASEIN , NOT EXCEEDING 17 % OF THE TOTAL MILK PROTEIN CONTENT

REQUIREMENTS AS TO COMPOSITION

1 . CASEINS

1 . MAXIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT 8 * 0 %

2 . MAXIMUM FAT CONTENT 1 * 5 %

3 . FREE ACIDS , EXPRESSED AS LACTIC ACID _ MAXIMUM 0 * 2 %

4 . MAXIMUM LACTOSE CONTENT 1 * 0 %

5 . MAXIMUM ASH CONTENT 10 * 0 %

6 . TOTAL BACTERIAL COUNT ( MAXIMUM IN 1 G ) 30 000

7 . COLIFORMS ( IN 0 * 1 G ) NONE

8 . THERMOPHILIC ORGANISMS ( MAXIMUM IN 1 G ) 5 000

II . CASEINATES

1 . MAXIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT 6 * 0 %

2 . MINIMUM TOTAL MILK PROTEIN CONTENT 85 * 0 %

3 . MAXIMUM FAT CONTENT 1 * 5 %

4 . MAXIMUM LACTOSE CONTENT 1 * 0 %

5 . MAXIMUM ASH CONTENT 6 * 5 %

6 . TOTAL BACTERIAL COUNT ( MAXIMUM IN 1 G ) 30 000

7 . COLIFORMS ( IN 0 * 1 G ) NONE

8 . THERMOPHILIC ORGANISMS ( MAXIMUM IN 1 G ) 5 000

ANNEX IV

I . PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS

CONTAINERS AND PACKAGES OF CASEINS AND CASEINATES MUST SHOW , IN ADDITION TO THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT , EITHER THE MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM CONTENT EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OR THE ACTUAL CONTENT OF COMPONENTS SHOWN IN ANNEXES I , II AND III . THE NAME TO BE INDICATED FOR PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN ANNEX III IS , PURSUANT TO THE CASE , THE FOLLOWING :

" CASEIN / CASEINATE PRECIPITATED TOGETHER WITH MORE THAN 5 % TO 17 % INCLUDED OF OTHER MILK PROTEINS THAN CASEIN , CALCULATED ON THE TOTAL MILK PROTEIN CONTENT " .

II . DEFINITIONS

1 . MOISTURE CONTENT

" MOISTURE CONTENT " MEANS THE PERCENTAGE WEIGHT OF MOISTURE DETERMINED AFTER DRYING 5 G OF CASEINS OR CASEINATES FOR SIX HOURS AT 102 MORE OR LESS 2 C .

2 . FAT CONTENT

" FAT CONTENT " MEANS THE QUALITY OF TOTAL SUBSTANCE OBTAINED BY THE SCHMID-BONDZJNSKI-RATZLAFF METHOD OR THE ROESE-GOTTLIEB METHOD , EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE WEIGHT .

3 . ASH CONTENT

" ASH CONTENT " MEANS THE RESIDUE FROM THE INCINERATION OF CASEIN OR CASEINATES AT A LOW TEMPERATURE AND IN A SLIGHT DRAUGHT , AFTER THE FIXING OF THE ORGANIC PHOSPHOROUS BY THE ADDITION OF A SALT OR OF A GIVEN MINERAL BASE .

4 . FREE ACIDS CONTENT

" FREE ACIDS CONTENT " _ EXPRESSED AS LACTIC ACID _ MEANS ACIDS EXTRACTED IN A HOT AND AQUEOUS ATMOSPHERE BY MEANS OF A SODIUM LYE ( PHENOLPHTALEIN INDICATOR ) .

5 . TOTAL MILK PROTEIN CONTENT

" TOTAL MILK PROTEIN CONTENT " MEANS THE PERCENTAGE WEIGHT OF THE NITROGEN CONTENT DETERMINED BY THE KJELDAHL METHOD AND MULTIPLIED BY THE COEFFICIENT 6 * 38 .

6 . MILK PROTEIN CONTENT OTHER THAN CASEIN

" MILK PROTEIN CONTENT OTHER THAN CASEIN " MEANS THE CONTENT DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE -SH AND -S-S GROUPS LINKED WITH PROTEINS , THE REFERENCE VALUES BEING 0 * 25 % AND 3 * 00 % RESPECTIVELY FOR PURE CASEIN AND SERUM PROTEIN .

7 . LACTOSE CONTENT

" LACTOSE CONTENT " MEANS THE CONTENT DETERMINED BY COLOUR REACTION WITH A SOLUTION OF SULPHURIC PHENOL AFTER THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN MADE SOLUBLE IN A MEDIUM OF SODIUM BICARBONATE AND AFTER SEPARATION OF THE WHEY BY PRECIPITATION OF THE PROTEIN IN AN ACID MEDIUM .

8 . TOTAL BACTERIAL COUNT

" TOTAL BACTERIAL COUNT " MEANS THE CONTENT DETERMINED BY COUNTING THE COLONIES DEVELOPED ON A CULTURE MEDIUM AFTER INCUBATION FOR 72 HOURS AT A TEMPERATURE OF 30 C .

9 . COLIFORMS

" ABSENCE OF COLIFORMS " IN 0 * 1 G OF THE PRODUCT CONCERNED MEANS THE NEGATIVE REACTION OBTAINED ON A CULTURE MEDIUM AFTER INCUBATION FOR 24 HOURS AT A TEMPERATURE OF 30 C .

10 . THERMOPHILIC ORGANISMS

" THERMOPHILIC ORGANISMS " MEANS THE CONTENT DETERMINED BY COUNTING THE COLONIES DEVELOPED ON A CULTURE MEDIUM AFTER INCUBATION FOR 48 HOURS AT A TEMPERATURE OF 55 C .