Commission Regulation (EC) No 2654/1999 of 16 December 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2921/90 on aid for the production of casein and caseinates from skimmed milk
Date: 1999-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, food processing, milk by-product, skimmed milk

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Official Journal of the European Communities

17. 12. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2654/1999

of 16 December 1999

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2921/90 on aid for the production of casein and caseinates from
skimmed milk

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2921/90 is hereby amended
as follows:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,

1. The introductory part of paragraph 2 is replaced by the

following:

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 replaces, with effect
from 1 January 2000, Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/
68 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/
96 (3), and, inter alia, Council Regulation (EEC) No 987/
68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for
granting aid for skimmed milk processed into casein or
caseinates (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1435/90 (5). To take account of these new arrangements,
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2921/90 of 10
October 1990 on aid for the production of casein and
caseinates from skimmed milk (6), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2501/1999 (7), must be amended.
this aid
Definitions of
scheme should be added to that Regulation and the body
to which aid applicants should address their applications
should be specified. These provisions are to apply from
1 January 2000.

the products qualifiying for

(2)

The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
its chairman,

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 6.
(5) OJ L 138, 31.5.1990, p. 8.
(6) OJ L 279, 11.10.1990, p. 22.
(7) OJ L 304, 27.11.1999, p. 13.

Aid shall be paid on the basis of a written application
‘2.
submitted by the casein or caseinate producer
to the
competent authority in the Member State where the caseins
or caseinates were produced, stating:’

2. The following paragraph is added:

‘4.

For the purposes of this Regulation:

(a) “skimmed milk” means the milk of one or more cows or
goats to which nothing has been added and which has
been only partially skimmed so as to reduce its fat
content to no more than 0,10 %;

(b) “raw casein” means products,

in water,
obtained from skimmed milk by precipitation through
microbial acidification or the addition of acids, rennet or
other milk-coagulating enzymes, regardless of any prior
use of ion exchange or concentration processes;

insoluble

(c) “casein” means washed and dried products, insoluble in
water and obtained from raw casein or skimmed milk
by precipitation through microbial acidification or the
addition of acids,
rennet or other milk-coagulating
enzymes, regardless of any prior use of ion exchange or
concentration processes;

(d) “caseinates” means products obtained by drying casein

or raw casein treated with neutralising agents.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission