Commission Regulation (EC) No 1392/2001 of 9 July 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 establishing an additional levy on milk and milk products
Date: 2001-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, agricultural levy, milk, milk product, regulation of agricultural production

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1392/2001

of 9 July 2001

laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 establishing an
additional levy on milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 of 28
December 1992 establishing an additional levy in the milk and
milk products sector (1), as last amended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 603/2001 (2), and in particular Article 11
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In order to take account of the new provisions of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3950/92, as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1256/1999 (3), as well as the experience gained
over the years, it is appropriate to amend and, where
necessary, to simplify certain provisions of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 536/93 of 9 March 1993 laying
down detailed rules on the application of the additional
levy on milk and milk products (4), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1255/98 (5), and also certain provi-
sions of Commission Decision 93/673/EC of 10
December 1993 fixing the
reduction to
advances on the entry of agricultural expenditure in the
accounts in the event of non-compliance with the provi-
sions relating to the forwarding of the annual question-
naire on the application of the arrangements for addi-
tional levies in the milk sector introduced by Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 (6). Since these amend-
ments are to be made, Regulation (EEC) No 536/93
should be recast in the interests of clarity, so as to
include the provisions of Decision 93/673/EC.

flat-rate

This Regulation concerns, first, the additional factors
necessary for the final calculation of the levy payable by
producers, secondly, the measures to ensure payment of
the levy in good time and lastly, the rules on checks to
ensure that the levy has been correctly collected.

The characteristics of milk which are considered to be
representative should be specified, and in particular the
way its fat content is to be taken into account when
drawing up the definitive statement of quantities deliv-
ered. That calculation is based on a reference fat content
which must,
like the individual reference quantity to
which it is related, be that recorded on 31 March 2002.

(1) OJ L 405, 31.12.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 89, 29.3.2001, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 73.
(4) OJ L 57, 10.3.1993, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 173, 18.6.1998, p. 14.
(6) OJ L 310, 14.12.1993, p. 44.

Special provisions are needed to cover cases where the
reference quantity for deliveries is increased or estab-
lished by converting a reference quantity for direct sales.
Experience shows the need for very specific rules applic-
able to milk producers who are beginning production.

It is necessary to make it quite clear that under no
circumstances can individual downward corrections
relating to the fat content of delivered milk result in
avoidance of the levy payment on any quantity in excess
of the guaranteed total quantity in a Member State.

In order to ensure that the arrangements run smoothly,
it is vital, on the one hand, to check that the data
communicated by purchasers and producers is accurate
and that the levy due is paid before 1 September and, on
the other hand, to ensure that the burden of the levy
actually falls on the producers responsible for
the
overrun of the national reference quantities. To that end,
Member States should be made to play a greater role in
the controls and penalties they are required to introduce
to ensure that the levy is collected correctly. It is also
necessary to specify the deadlines and number of checks
needed to allow verification within a given time limit
that the arrangements have been complied with by all
the parties involved. Penalties are therefore needed
where these basic requirements are not met.

the Commission is responsible for

In accordance with Article 2(4) of Regulation (EEC) No
3950/92,
laying
down criteria for determining which priority categories
of producer can benefit from reimbursement of the levy
where the Member State has decided not to fully reallo-
cate unused quantities in its territory. A Member State
may be authorised to use other criteria, in consultation
with the Commission, only in the event that the criteria
laid down by the Commission cannot be fully applied in
that Member State.

Under Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92, purchasers bear
prime responsibility for the proper implementation of
the arrangements. It is therefore essential that Member
States approve the purchasers operating in their territory
and that detailed rules be laid down for cases where
purchasers fail to comply with the Regulation.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

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

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Purpose and scope

This Regulation lays down detailed rules for applying Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3950/92 as regards calculation and payment of
the levy, control measures and communications from the
Member States.

CHAPTER II

CALCULATION OF THE LEVY

Article 2

Definitions and equivalences

1.
For the purposes of calculating the additional levy intro-
duced by Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92, ‘quantities of milk or
in a Member State, within the
milk equivalent marketed’
meaning of Article 2(1) of that Regulation, means all quantities
of milk or milk equivalent which leave any holding in the
territory of that Member State.

Quantities presented by producers

2.
processing under contract shall be deemed deliveries.

for

treatment or

manufacture of the products concerned, the Member State shall
use such proof in place of the abovementioned equivalences.

4.
The target price applicable for the purpose of calculating
the levy shall be that applying on the last day of the 12-month
period concerned.

Article 3

Representative fat content

1.
The characteristics of milk, including fat content, referred
to in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 shall be those
associated with the individual reference quantity available on
31 March 2002.

Where the individual reference quantity is amended after the
date referred to in the first subparagraph, paragraphs 2 to 6 of
this Article shall apply.

2. Where additional reference quantities are allocated from
the national reserve, the representative fat content of milk shall
remain unchanged.

3. Where the reference quantity for deliveries is increased or
established under Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92,
the representative fat content associated with the reference
quantity converted into deliveries shall be 3,8 %.

the representative fat content of

However,
the reference
quantity for deliveries shall remain unchanged if the producer
provides
the
competent authority.

to the satisfaction of

justification therefor

Where wholly or partly skimmed milk is delivered, producers
must prove to the satisfaction of the competent authority that
the fat content of the milk has been used to establish the basis
of any levy due. In the absence of such proof, such milk shall
be treated as whole milk when the levy is calculated.

3.
For other milk products marketed, the Member States
shall establish the quantities of milk used in their manufacture.
To that end, the equivalence formulae to be used shall be:

(a) 1 kg cream = 0,263 kg milk × % fat content of cream,

expressed as mass;

(b) 1 kg butter = 22,5 kg milk;

(c) in the case of cheese and all other milk products, Member
States may determine equivalences using, in particular, the
dry-matter content and the fat content of the types of
cheese or products concerned or fix the quantities of milk
equivalent on a flat-rate basis by reference to the number of
dairy cows held by the producer and an average milk yield
per cow representative of the herd.

If the producer can provide proof to the satisfaction of the
competent authority of the quantities actually used for the

4. Where Articles 6 and 7 and Article 8(d) and (e) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3950/92 are applied,
the representative fat
shall be transferred together with the reference
content
quantity with which it is associated.

5. Where Article 8(b) or Article 8a(b) of Regulation (EEC)
No 3950/92 are applied, the overall representative fat content
of the reference quantities allocated or transferred shall remain
unchanged in relation to that of the quantities released. To that
end, the quantity of milk available for reallocation or transfer
may be recalculated at a given fat content or, conversely, the
representative fat content may be recalculated at a given avail-
able quantity of milk.

6.
In the cases referred to in the first subparagraph of
paragraph 3 and in paragraphs 4 and 5, the resulting repres-
entative fat content shall be equal to the average of the initial
and transferred or converted representative contents, weighted
by the initial and transferred or converted reference quantities.

7.
In the case of producers whose entire reference quantity
comes from the national reserve and who commenced produc-
tion after 1 April 1992, the representative fat content of their
milk shall be the average fat content of milk delivered during
the first 12 months of production.

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if

the representative content exceeds the average
However,
national fat content of milk collected in the Member State
during the 12-month reference period during which they
commenced production, the following provisions shall apply:

(a) the producers concerned may not benefit from the negative
correction provided for in the third subparagraph of Article
4(1) of
this Regulation unless they provide supporting
evidence to the contrary;

(b) where Articles 6 and 7, Article 8(b), (d) and (e) and Article
8a(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 are applied, the
representative fat content of milk associated with the trans-
ferred reference quantity shall be reduced to the abovemen-
tioned national average content.

Article 4

Comparison of fat content

1.
In order to draw up for each producer the definitive
statement for the purposes of the levy referred to in Article 5,
the average fat content of the milk and/or milk equivalent
delivered shall be compared with the producer's representative
fat content.

If a positive difference is found, the quantity of milk or milk
equivalent delivered shall be increased by 0,18 % per 0,1 gram
of additional fat per kilogram of milk.

If a negative difference is found, the quantity of milk or milk
equivalent delivered shall be reduced by 0,18 % per 0,1 gram
of fat lacking per kilogram of milk.

Where the quantity of milk delivered is expressed in litres, the
0,18 % adjustment per 0,1 gram of fat content shall be multi-
plied by the coefficient 0,971.

2.
If the quantity of milk collected in a Member State is
greater than the quantity collected as corrected in accordance
with paragraph l, the levy shall be payable on the difference
between the quantity collected and the reference quantity for
deliveries available in the Member State.

Article 5

Statement of deliveries

1.
At the end of each of the periods referred to in Article 1
of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92, purchasers shall draw up a
statement for each producer showing at least the quantity and
fat content of the milk and/or milk equivalent delivered by the
latter during the period.

In the case of leap years, the quantity of milk or milk equiva-
lent shall be reduced by 1/60 of the quantities delivered in
February and March.

2.
Before 15 May each year, purchasers shall forward to the
competent authority of the Member State a summary of the
producers' statements, showing at least the total quantity and

the average fat content of the milk and/or milk equivalent
delivered to them and, where so required by decision of the
Member State, for each producer, the reference quantity and
the representative fat content, the quantity corrected in accord-
ance with Article 4(1), the sum of the individual reference
quantities and the corrected quantities and the average repres-
entative fat content of those producers' production.

Where applicable, purchasers shall declare that
received no deliveries during the period concerned.

they have

3.
Except in cases of force majeure duly recognised by the
competent authority, purchasers who fail to comply with the
time limit refered to in paragraph 2 shall be required to pay an
amount equal to the levy due for a 0,01 % overrun of the
quantities of milk and milk equivalent delivered to them by
producers for each calendar day of delay. Where these quant-
ities are not known because no declaration has been made,
they shall be estimated by the competent authority. That
amount may not be less than EUR 100 nor more than
EUR 100 000.

4. Where no declaration is submitted before 1 July, the
penalties provided for in Article 13(3) shall apply 30 days after
the Member State has served notice, except
in the cases
provided for in the second subparagraph of paragraph 4 of that
Article. Paragraph 3 of this Article shall continue to apply
during the period of notice.

Article 6

Declarations of direct sales

1.
In the case of direct sales, at the end of each of the
periods referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/
92, producers
shall make a declaration summarising by
product the quantities of milk and/or other milk products sold
directly for
cheese
maturers or the retail trade.

consumption and/or

to wholesalers,

In the case of leap years, the quantity of milk or milk equiva-
lent shall be reduced by 1/60 of the quantities sold directly in
February and March or by 1/366 of the quantities sold directly
in the 12-month period concerned.

2.
Before 15 May each year, producers shall forward their
declarations to the competent authority of the Member State.

The Member State may require producers with reference quant-
ities for direct sales to declare that they have not sold any milk
during the period concerned, where such is the case.

Producers who fail to comply with the time limit referred
3.
to in paragraph 2 shall be required to a pay an amount equal
to the levy due for a 0,01 % overrun of their reference quantity
for direct sales for each calendar day of delay. However, that
amount may not be less than EUR 100 nor more than
EUR 1 000.

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Where the national reference quantity for direct sales has also
been overrun, producers who have overrun their reference
quantity shall also be liable to the levy on the full excess
quantity and may not benefit from any reallocation of unused
reference quantities as provided for in the second subparagraph
of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92.

each Member State in accordance with Annex II, plus one
percentage point.

The interest referred to in the first subparagaph shall be cred-
ited to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
Fund (EAGGF) Guarantee Section.

Where producers submit incorrect declarations, the Member
State shall require them to pay an amount in proportion to the
quantity of milk concerned and the seriousness of the irregu-
larity, up to a maximum amount equal to the theoretical levy
applicable to the quantity of milk resulting once the correction
is applied.

4. Where no declaration is submitted before 1 July, the
second paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92
shall apply to the reference quantity for direct sales of the
producer concerned 30 days after the Member State has served
notice. The first subparagraph of paragraph 3 of this Article
shall continue to apply during the period of notice.

5.
The penalties referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 shall not
be applied where the Member State recognises a case of force
majeure or establishes that the irregularity was not committed
deliberately or as a result of serious negligence, or where the
irregularity is negligible in terms of its impact on the func-
tioning of the arrangements or the effectiveness of the checks.

CHAPTER III

PAYMENT OF THE LEVY

Article 7

3.
The Member States shall take any additional measures
necessary to ensure payment of levies due to the Community
within the time limit laid down in accordance with Article 7(1)
of Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96 (1).

4. Where the set of documents referred to in Article 3(5) of
Regulation (EC) No 296/96, which the Member States transmit
to the Commission each month, shows that this time limit has
not been met, the Commission shall reduce advances on entry
in the accounts of agricultural expenditure in proportion to the
amount due or an estimate thereof.

Article 9

Criteria for redistributing the excess levy

1. Where appropriate, Member States shall determine the
priority categories of producers as referred to in Article 2(4) of
Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92, on the basis of one or more of
the following objective criteria,

in order of priority:

(a) formal acknowledgment by the competent authority of the
Member State that all or part of the levy has been wrongly
charged;

(b) the geographical

location of the holding, and primarily
mountain areas as referred to in Article 18 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 (2);

(c) the maximum stocking density on the holding for the

purposes of extensive livestock production;

(d) the amount by which the individual reference quantity is

Notification of the levy

exceeded;

The competent authority shall notify or confirm to purchasers
and, in the case of direct sales, producers, the levies payable by
them after reallocating, or not, by decision of the Member
State, all or part of
the unused reference quantities either
directly to the producers concerned or, as the case may be, to
purchasers with a view to their subsequent allocation among
the producers concerned.

(e) the producer's reference quantity.

2. Where the financial resources available for a given period
are not used up after the criteria set out in paragraph 1 have
been applied, the Member State shall adopt other objective
criteria after consulting the Commission.

Article 8

CHAPTER IV

NATIONAL RESERVE

Time limit for payment

Article 10

Before 1 September each year, purchasers and, in the case
1.
of direct
shall pay the
liable for
competent authority the amount due in accordance with rules
laid down by the Member State.

sales, producers

levies

2. Where the time limit for payment is not complied with,
the sums due shall bear interest annually at the three-month
reference rates applicable on 1 September each year, fixed for

Inclusion in the national reserve

Reference quantities not, or no longer, allocated to individuals
shall be included in the national reserve referred to in Article 5
of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92. Reference quantities for deliv-
eries and those for direct sales shall be recorded separately.

(1) OJ L 39, 17.2.1996, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.

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CHAPTER V

CONTROLS

Article 11

Checking by the Member States

1. Member States shall take all the measures necessary to
ensure that the levy on quantities of milk and milk equivalent
marketed in excess of any of the quantities referred to in
Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 is correctly charged
in the case of deliveries, that it falls on the producers
and,
concerned.

The Member States shall take any further measures neces-

2.
sary to:

(a) verify cases of

total or partial abandonment of milk
production and/or reference quantities in accordance with
Article 8(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 where the
relevant provisions thereof are applied;

(b) ensure that the parties concerned are aware of the criminal
and administrative penalties to which they are liable if they
fail to comply with Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 or with
this Regulation.

3. Member States shall physically verify the accuracy of the
accounting with regard to the quantities of milk and milk
equivalent marketed and, to that end, shall check milk trans-
port during collection at farms and shall, in particular, check:

(a) at purchasers' premises, the statements and declarations
referred to in Article 5(2), the credibility of the records of
stocks and deliveries referred to in Article 14(2) and (3) in
the light of the commercial documents and other docu-
ments showing how the collected milk and milk equivalent
have been used;

(b) at the premises of producers making direct sales, the credi-
bility of the declaration referred to in Article 6(1), and of
the stock records referred to in Article 14(5).

Article 12

Number and frequency of checks

The checks provided for in Article 11(3) shall be orga-
1.
nised by the Member States on the basis of a risk analysis
which takes account,
in particular, of declarations of non-
activity and instances where the statements referred to in
Articles 5(2) and 6(2) were not sent.

2.
For each period as referred to in Article 1 of Regulation
(EEC) No 3950/92, checks shall be completed no later than 21
months after the end of the period concerned. These checks
may not cover less than:

(a) 40 % of

the quantity of milk declared for the period

concerned,

in the case of Article 11(3)(a);

(b) 5 % of the number of producers concerned, in the case of

Article 11(3)(b).

Checks shall be deemed to have been completed once the
corresponding inspection report is available.

Each purchaser shall be inspected at least once every five years.

Article 13

Approval of purchasers

To be able to operate in the territory of a Member State,

1.
purchasers must be approved by that Member State.

2. Without prejudice to stricter rules laid down by the
Member State concerned, purchasers shall be approved only
where they:

(a) provide proof of their status as dealers under national

provisions;

(b) have premises in the Member State concerned where the
stock records, registers and other documents referred to in
Article 14(2) can be consulted by the competent authority;

(c) undertake to keep up to date the above stock records,
registers and the other documents referred to in Article
14(2);

(d) undertake to forward the statements and declarations
provided for in Article 5(2) to the competent authority of
the Member State concerned at least once a year.

3. Without prejudice to the penalties laid down now or in
the future by the Member State concerned, approval shall be
withdrawn where the conditions laid down in paragraph 2(a)
and (b) are no longer met. Where it is found that a purchaser
has forwarded an incorrect statement or declaration, or has
failed to comply with the undertaking referred to in paragraph
2(c) or has repeatedly failed to comply with any other obliga-
tion imposed under Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92, this Regula-
tion or the relevant national rules, the Member State shall
either withdraw approval or require payment of an amount in
proportion to the volume of milk involved and the seriousness
of the irregularity.

Approval may be reinstated at

4.
the
purchaser after a period of at least six months, provided that a
further thorough inspection gives satisfactory results.

the request of

The penalties referred to in paragraph 3 shall not be imposed
where the Member State recognises a case of force majeure or
establishes that the irregularity was not committed deliberately
or as a result of serious negligence, or where the irregularity is
negligible in terms of the functioning of the arrangements or
the effectiveness of the checks.

Article 14

Obligations of purchasers and producers

1.
Producers shall be required to ensure that purchasers to
whom they deliver are approved. The Member States may lay
down penalties where deliveries are made to non-approved
purchasers.

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for

the

Purchasers

shall keep available

competent
2.
authority of the Member State, for at least three years from the
end of the year in which the documents are drawn up, stock
records per 12-month period with details of the name and
address of each producer, the information provided for in
Article 5(2), entered every month or four-week period in the,
case of quantities delivered and annually in the case of the
other data, together with the commercial documents, corre-
spondence and other information referred to in Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 4045/89 (1), permitting such stock records to
be verified.

3.
Purchasers shall be responsible for recording under the
additional levy arrangements all quantities of milk and/or other
milk products delivered to them; to that end they shall keep
available for the competent authority, for at least three years
from the end of the year in which the documents are drawn
up,
treating or
processing milk and/or other milk products supplying them
with milk or, other milk products and, for each month, the
quantities delivered by each supplier.

the list of purchasers and undertakings

4.
On collection at holdings, milk and/or other milk prod-
identifying the
ucts shall be accompanied by a document
delivery. In addition, purchasers shall keep a record of each
individual delivery for at least three years from the end of the
year in which the record is drawn up.

5.
Producers making direct sales shall keep available for the
competent authority of the Member State, for at least three
years from the end of the year in which the documents are
drawn up, stock records drawn up by 12-month period and
giving details, per month and per product, of the quantities of
milk and/or milk products sold directly for consumption
and/or to wholesalers, cheese maturers or the retail
trade,
together with registers of livestock held on holdings and used
for milk production, in accordance with Article 7 of European
Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 (2),
and supporting documents enabling such stock records to be
verified.

(c) before 1 March each year, the quantities transferred in
accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 4(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92;

(d) the results and information necessary to evaluate measures
implemented under Article 8(a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC)
No 3950/92;

(e) before 1 September each year, the duly completed ques-

tionnaire as set out in Annex I;

(f) the method(s) used for the purposes of this Regulation to
measure mass or, where applicable, to convert volume into
mass, the reasoning behind the coefficients selected, and
the exact circumstances in which they apply, together with
any subsequent amendments thereto.

relating to the questionnaire
2. Where the provisions
referred to in paragraph 1(e) are not complied with,
the
Commission shall withhold a flat-rate amount, under Article
14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000 (3),
from
advances on the entry in the accounts of
the agricultural
expenditure of the Member States. That amount shall be equal
to a percentage of the levy payable for a theoretical overrun of
the overall reference quantity concerned calculated as follows:

(a) where the questionnaire is not forwarded by 1 September
or if data essential for calculating the levy are missing, the
percentage shall be 0,01 % for each week of delay;

(b) if a discrepancy of more than 10 % is found between the
sum of the quantities delivered or sold directly as notified
in the updates provided for in paragraph 3 and those given
in the initial response to the questionnaire, the percentage
shall be 0,1 %.

3. Where the information required by the questionnaire
referred to in paragraph 1(e) changes, in particular as a result
of the checks provided for in Article 11, an update of the
questionnaire shall be communicated to the Commission
before 1 December, 1 March, 1 June and 1 September each
year.

CHAPTER VI

COMMUNICATIONS AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 16

Repeals

Article 15

Communications

1. Member States shall notify the Commission of:

(a) measures adopted to apply Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92
and this Regulation, and any amendments thereto, within
one month following their adoption;

(b) their duly reasoned decisions where recourse is had to

Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92;

Regulation (EEC) No 536/93 and Decision 93/673/EC are

1.
hereby repealed.

2.
References to Regulation (EEC) No 536/93 shall be
construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in
accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.

Article 17

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March 2002.

(1) OJ L 388, 30.12.1989, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 27.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 July 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

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ANNEX III

Correlation table

This Regulation

Regulation (EEC) No 536/93

Article 1: Purpose and scope

Article 2: Definitions and equivalences

Article 3: Representative fat content

Article 4: Comparison of fat content

Article 5: Statement of deliveries

Article 6: Declarations of direct sales

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Article 1

Article 2(1)

Article 2(2)

Article 3(1) and (2)

Article 4(1) and (2)

Article 7: Notification of the levy

Article 3(3) and Article 4(3)

Article 8: Time limit for payment

Article 3(4), Article 4(4) and Article 5(2)

Article 9: Criteria for redistributing the excess levy

Article 10: Inclusion in the national reserve

Article 5(1)

Article 6

Article 11: Checking by the Member States

Article 7(1), (2) and (3)

Article 12: Number and frequency of checks

Article 13: Approval of purchasers

Article 7(3)

Article 7(1)(a)

Article 14: Obligations of purchasers and producers

Article 7(1)(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f)

Article 15: Communications

Article 16: Repeals

Article 17: Entry into force

Annex I: Annual questionnaire

Annex II: Reference interest rates

Annex III: Correlation table

Article 8

Article 9

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Annex

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