CELEX: 51988GC0566
Language: en
Date: 2008-07-29
Title: Draft Commission Decision of […] listing the products referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87 (…/…/EC) (Codified version)

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|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        C(2007)

                                                                      Draft

                                                               COMMISSION DECISION

                                                                      of […]

                listing the products referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87

                                                                     (…/…/EC)

                                                                (Codified version)

                                            ê 88/566/EEC

                                                                      Draft

                                                               COMMISSION DECISION

                                                                      of […]

                listing the products referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87

                                                                     (…/…/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87 of 2 July 1987 on the protection  of  designations  used  in  marketing  of  milk  and  milk
products[1], and in particular Article 4(2)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

                                            ê 

   1) Commission Decision 88/566/EEC of 28 October 1988 listing the products referred to in the second subparagraph of Article  3(1)  of  Council
      Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87[2] has been substantially amended[3]. In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Decision  should  be
      codified.

                                            ê 88/566/EEC Recital 1

   2) Regulation (EC) No 1898/87 establishes the principle that the descriptions milk and milk products may not be used for milk  products  other
      than those described in Article 2 thereof. As an exception, this principle is not applicable to  the  description  of  products  the  exact
      nature of which is known because of traditional use and/or when the designations are clearly used to describe a characteristic  quality  of
      the product.

                                            ê 88/566/EEC Recital 2 (adapted)

   3) The Member States must notify to the Commission indicative lists of the products which they deem to meet, within their own territories, the
      criteria for the abovementioned exception. Ö A Õ list should be made of such products on the basis of the indicative lists notified by  the
      Member States. The Community list should include the names of the relevant products according to  their  traditional  use  in  the  various
      languages of the Community, in order to render these names usable in all the Member States, provided they comply  with  the  provisions  of
      Directive Ö 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Õ of Ö 20 March 2000 Õ on the approximation of the laws of the  Member
      States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs[4].

                                            ê 88/566/EEC Recital 3

   4) This list is not exhaustive and additions thereto may be made in accordance with Article 4(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87.

                                            ê 88/566/EEC Recital 4 (adapted)

   5) Ö The measures provided for in this Decision conform to the opinion of Õ the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

                                            ê 88/566/EEC

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

                                            ê 88/566/EEC (adapted)

                                                                    Article 1

The products corresponding, on the territory of the Community, to the products referred  to  in  the  second  subparagraph  of  Article  3(1)  of
Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87 are listed in Annex Ö I to this Decision Õ.

                                            ê 

                                                                    Article 2

Decision 88/566/EEC is repealed.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the correlation  table
in Annex III.

                                            ê 88/566/EEC Art. 2

                                                                    Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, […]

      For the Commission
      […]
      Member of the Commission

                                            ê 88/566/EEC Annex (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX I

                    List of the products referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1898/87

                                                                     Ö ES Õ 

Leche de almendras

                                                                      Ö DA Õ

Kakaosmør

Mandelsmør

Jordnøddesmør

Kokosmælk

Flødeboller

“… fromage”

       used in the description of a fruit-based dessert not containing milk or other milk products or  milk  or  milk  imitation  products  (e.g.
       citronfromage)

Smørtyve

Ostekiks

Osterejer

Flødetablet

Flødefodbolde

Flødemint

Flødekaramel

                                                                      Ö DE Õ

Kokosmilch

Liebfrau(en)milch

Fischmilch

Milchner

Butterbirne

Rahmapfel

Butterbohne

Butterkohl

Butterpilz

Milchbrätling

Buttersalat

Erdnussbutter

Kakaobutter

Fleischkäse

Leberkäse

Käseklee

                                            ê 98/144/EC Art. 1 pt. 1 and Annex pt. 1
                                            è1 Corrigendum 98/144/EC (OJ L 163, 6.6.1998, p. 50)

Butterhäuptel

Butterschnitzel

Faschiertes Butterschnitzel

Milchmargarine

è1 Margarinestreichkäse ç

                                            ê 88/566/EEC (adapted)

                                                                      Ö EL Õ

Βούτυρο κακάου

Φρουτόκρεμα

Κρέμα αραβοσίτου

Κρέμα καστάνου

Νουκρέμα

                                                                      Ö EN Õ

Coconut milk

“Cream …” or “Milk …”

       used in the description of a spirituous beverage not containing milk or other milk products or milk or milk product imitations (e.g. cream
       sherry, milk sherry)

Cream soda

Cream filled biscuits (e.g. custard cream, bourbon cream, raspberry cream biscuits, strawberry cream, etc.)

Cream filled sweets or chocolates (e.g. peppermint cream, raspberry cream, crème egg)

Cream crackers

Salad cream

Creamed coconut and other similar fruit, nut and vegetable products where the term “creamed” describes the characteristic texture of the product

Cream of tartar

Cream or creamed soups (e.g. cream of tomato soup, cream of celery, cream of chicken, etc.)

Horseradish cream

Ice-cream

Jelly cream

Table cream

Cocoa butter

Shea butter

Nut butters (e.g. peanut butter)

Butter beans

Butter puffs

Fruit cheese (e.g. lemon cheese, damson cheese)

                                                                      Ö FR Õ

Lait d'amande

Lait de coco

"Crème …”

       used in the description of a soup not containing milk or other milk products or milk or milk product imitations (e.g. crème de  volailles,
       crème de légumes, crème de tomates, crème d'asperges, crème de bolets, etc.)

"Crème …”

       used in the description of spirituous beverages not containing milk or other milk products or milk or milk product imitations (e.g.  crème
       de cassis, crème de framboise, crème de banane, crème de cacao, crème de menthe, etc.)

Crème de maïs

Crème de riz

Crème d'avoine

"Crème …”

       used in the description of prepared meat products (e.g. poultry liver cream, cream pâté, etc.)

Crème d'anchois

Crème d'écrevisses

Crème de pruneaux, crème de marron (cream of other stone fruits)

Crème confiseur

Beurre de cacao

Beurre de cacahouète

Fromage de tête

Haricot beurre

Beurré Hardy

                                                                      Ö IT Õ

Latte di mandorla

Burro di cacao

Latte di cocco

Fagiolini al burro

                                                                      Ö NL Õ

Pindakaas

Hoofdkaas

Cacaoboter

Leverkaas

Hamkaas

Tongkaas

Nierkaas

Kokosmelk

“… crème”

       used in the description of soup not containing milk or other milk products  or  milk  or  milk  product  imitations  (e.g.  groentencrème,
       tomatencrème, aspergecrème, etc.)

“… crème”

       used in the description of a spirituous beverage not containing milk or other milk products or  milk  or  milk  product  imitations  (e.g.
       cassiscrème, frambozencrème, cacaocrème, bananencrème, etc.)

Crèmevulling

Levercrème

Boterbonen

                                                                      Ö PT Õ

Leite de coco

Manteiga de cacau

Manteiga de amendoim

Queijo doce de Tomar

Queijinho de sal

                                            ê 98/144/EC Art. 1 pt. 2 and Annex pt. 2 (adapted)

                                                                      Ö FI Õ

Kaakaovoi

Maapähkinävoi

Voileipäkeksi

Voitatti

Voileipäkakku

                                                                      Ö SV Õ

Jordnötssmör

Kakaosmör

Smörsopp

Kokosmjölk

Ostkex

                                            ê Corrigendum 98/144/EC (OJ L 163, 6.6.1998, p. 50)

Margarinost

                                            ê 98/144/EC Art. 1 pt. 2 and Annex pt. 2

Smördeg

                                                                  ______________

                                            é

                                                                     ANNEX II

                                                       Repealed Decision with its amendment

|Commission Decision 88/566/EEC                                          |(OJ L 310, 16.11.1988, p. 32)                               |
|Commission Decision 98/144/EC                                             |(OJ L 42, 14.2.1998, p. 61)                               |

                                                                  _____________

                                                                    ANNEX III

                                                                Correlation Table

|Decision 88/566/EEC                                                  |This Decision                                                        |
|Article 1                                                            |Article 1                                                            |
|_____                                                                |Article 2                                                            |
|Article 2                                                            |Article 3                                                            |
|Annex                                                                |Annex I                                                              |
|_____                                                                |Annex II                                                             |
|_____                                                                |Annex III                                                            |

                                                                  _____________

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[1]   OJ L 182, 3.7.1987, p. 36. Regulation as last amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.
[2]   OJ L 310, 16.11.1988, p. 32. Decision as amended by Decision 98/144/EC (OJ L 42, 14.2.1998, p. 61).
[3]   See Annex II.
[4]   Ö OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/142/EC (OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 110. Õ.