2000/432/EC: Commission Decision of 7 July 2000 establishing the typical process standard deviation of the fat content of butter imported from New Zealand under Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products (notified under document number C(2000) 1896)
Date: 2000-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: New Zealand, butter, fats, import, product quality, tariff quota

L 170/16

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Official Journal of the European Communities

11.7.2000

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 July 2000

establishing the typical process standard deviation of the fat content of butter imported from New
Zealand under Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 laying down detailed rules for
the application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products

(notified under document number C(2000) 1896)

(2000/432/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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) as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1040/
2000 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 of
29 June laying down detailed rules for the application of the
import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and
milk products (3) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 970/
2000 (4) and in particular Article 9(9) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 lays down a
procedure for the verification of the fat content of New
Zealand butter presented for release into free circulation
in the Community under the current access quota speci-
fied under order No 35 of Annex I to that Regulation.
This procedure is based on statistical principles. An
essential element of this procedure is the use of a typical
process standard deviation of the fat content of butter
made according to a defined specification in a specified
production plant and known in advance by the control
authorities in Member States where the declaration for
release into free circulation in the Community is
presented.

(2)

The New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's
Food Assurance Authority (MAF Food) by letter dated 1
the typical
June 2000 notified the Commission of

process standard deviation for each product purchasing
specification in six production plants in accordance with
Article 28(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1374/98.

(3)

As required by Article 9(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1374/
98,
the notified typical process standard deviations
should be approved and communicated to Member
States, and their date of entry into force should be fixed
at 1 July 2000,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

typical process

The
standard deviations notified to the
Commission by MAF Food, New Zealand by letter of 1 June
2000 and listed in the Annex to this decision are hereby
approved. Their date of entry into force for the purpose of
issuing IMA 1 certificates is fixed at 1 July 2000.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 7 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 118, 19.5.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 185, 30.6.1998, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 112, 11.5.2000, p. 27.

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Typical process standard deviations of the fat content of butter manufactured in New Zealand and intended for
release into free circulation in the European Community under the current access quota provided for under
order No 35 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No 1374/98

ANNEX

Factory name

1

Kiwi Northland Cooperative Dairies Ltd (Kaurie)

Anchor Products Ltd (Te Awamutu)

Anchor Products Ltd (Edgecumbe)

Tasman Milk Products Ltd

Westland Cooperative Dairy Company Ltd

Kiwi Dairy Products Ltd

Registered factory
No

Specification No

Typical process
standard deviation

2

2 000

5 572

4 172

146

143

47

3

0902
0905

0081
0084

900

0081
0084

0081
0084

0080
0081
0084

4

0,122
0,122

0,159
0,165

0,121

0,126
0,126

0,162
0,162

0,151
0,151
0,151