Commission Regulation (EC) No 203/98 of 26 January 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4154/87 laying down the methods of analysis and other technical provisions necessary for the application of the import procedure for goods obtained by processing agricultural products
Date: 1998-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: analytical chemistry, customs regulations, fats, milk, milk fat, product quality

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Official Journal of the European Communities

28. 1. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 203/98

of 26 January 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 4154/87 laying down the methods of analysis and
other technical provisions necessary for the application of the import procedure
for goods obtained by processing agricultural products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

‘3. Milk fat content

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature
and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2509/97 (2), and in
particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas in order to ensure that goods subject to Council
Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 (3) receive uniform treatment
on import throughout the Community, the provisions of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4154/87 (4) concerning
determination of milk fats should be amended;

Whereas studies and tests carried out by the laboratories
responsible for such testing indicate that the most appro-
priate procedure is the one laid down in Article 1;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code
Committee, Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4154/87 is hereby
replaced by the following text:

(a) Save as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), the
milk fat content by weight shall be determined by
extraction with light petroleum after hydrolysis
with hydrochloric acid.

(b) Where fats other than milk fats are also declared
in the composition of the goods, the following
procedure shall be applied:

— the percentage of weight of the total fats in the
goods shall be determined as mentioned in
paragraph (a),

— for the purposes of determining the milk fat
content, a method based on extraction with
light petroleum, preceded by hydrolysis with
hydrochloric acid and followed by gas chroma-
tography of the methyl esters of the fatty acids,
shall be used. If the presence of milk fats is
detected,
the percentage proportion thereof
shall be calculated by multiplying the per-
centage concentration of methyl butyrate by
25, multiplying the product by the total
percentage fat content by weight of the goods
and dividing by 100.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st 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, 26 January 1998.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 345, 16. 12. 1997, p. 44.
(3) OJ L 318, 20. 12. 1993, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 392, 31. 12. 1987, p. 19.