MUST EXHIBIT A NUMBER OF OTHER CHARACTERISTICS WHICH ARE SPECIFIED IN ANNEX I TO REGULATION NO 625/78 AND RELATE TO TITRATABLE ACIDITY, THE ABSENCE OF NEUTRALIZATION AGENTS AND ADDITIVES, THE TOTAL COLONY COUNT, THE DEGREE OF PURITY AND SO ON .
9 THE CONDITIONS AS TO COMPOSITION AND QUALITY REQUIRED BY THE INTERVENTION SYSTEM DIFFER FROM THOSE REQUIRED BY THE AID SYSTEM ESSENTIALLY IN SO FAR AS THE FORMER ARE MUCH STRICTER WITH THE RESULT THAT, AS THE COMMISSION HAS RIGHTLY STATED IN THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT, THE TWO PRODUCTS ARE NOT, IN GENERAL, INTERCHANGEABLE ON THE MARKET . HOWEVER, IF THE PRODUCTS ARE TOTALLY IDENTICAL, IN THE SENSE THAT A GIVEN CONSIGNMENT OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER INTENDED FOR USE AS FEEDINGSTUFFS ALSO FULFILS ALL THE CONDITIONS AS TO COMPOSITION AND QUALITY REQUIRED FOR INTERVENTION, IT CANNOT BE DENIED THAT THE CONSIGNMENT MUST BE REGARDED AS ELIGIBLE FOR AID .
10 THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION MUST THEREFORE BE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS NOS 804/68, 625/78 AND 1725/79 MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT SKIMMED-MILK POWDER WHICH MEETS THE CONDITIONS AS TO COMPOSITION AND QUALITY THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR INTERVENTION MUST BE REGARDED AS ELIGIBLE FOR AID .
THE SECOND QUESTION
11 IN THIS QUESTION THE NATIONAL COURT SEEKS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER, IF THE APPLICATION OF THE METHOD OF ANALYSIS DESCRIBED IN ANNEX IV TO REGULATION NO 1525/79 REVEALS, HAVING REGARD TO THE TOLERANCE MARGIN LAID DOWN THEREIN, THAT NO WHEY IS PRESENT IN SKIMMED-MILK POWDER, THAT MEANS THAT THE SKIMMED-MILK POWDER WHICH HAS BEEN ANALYSED MUST ALSO BE REGARDED AS FREE OF WHEY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE GRANT OF AID UNDER REGULATION NO 1725/79, EVEN IF IT IS NOT IDENTICAL, IN TERMS OF COMPOSITION AND QUALITY, TO SKIMMED-MILK POWDER ELIGIBLE FOR INTERVENTION .
12 IN THAT REGARD, IT MUST BE EMPHASIZED IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT THE METHOD OF ANALYSIS PROVIDED FOR IN ANNEX IV TO REGULATION NO 625/78, AS AMENDED BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2188/81 OF 28 JULY 1981 AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 625/78 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1981, L 213, P . 1 ), THE APPLICATION OF WHICH IS COMPULSORY UNDER THE INTERVENTION SYSTEM, ALLOWS, ACCORDING TO NO 1 OF THE ANNEX, THE DETERMINATION OF RENNET WHEY IN SKIMMED-MILK POWDER INTENDED FOR PUBLIC STORAGE . THAT METHOD IS SUBJECT, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF ITS PRACTICAL UTILITY, TO A TWOFOLD LIMITATION . AS THE COMMISSION' S EXPERT EXPLAINED AT THE HEARING, WITHOUT BEING CONTRADICTED, IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS PUT TO HIM BY THE COURT, THE METHOD IN QUESTION WAS CONCEIVED SPECIFICALLY AND EXCLUSIVELY FOR FIRST-QUALITY SKIMMED-MILK POWDER FULFILLING ALL THE CONDITIONS AS TO COMPOSITION AND QUALITY REQUIRED FOR INTERVENTION AND, WHEN IT IS APPLIED TO ANY OTHER PRODUCT WITH A DIFFERENT COMPOSITION OR OF LESSER QUALITY, IT DOES NOT YIELD RELIABLE RESULTS . MOREOVER, EVEN WHEN IT IS USED FOR ANALYSING A FIRST-QUALITY PRODUCT, THAT METHOD WORKS ONLY IN SO FAR AS IT ENABLES THE PRESENCE OF RENNET WHEY