CELEX: 31975R1154
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1154/75 of the Commission of 29 April 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 750/75 with regard to the requirements governing the packaging of butteroil supplied as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia

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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 1154/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 29 April 1975
              amending Regulation ( EEC) No 750/75 with regard to the requirements
              governing the packaging of butteroil supplied as food aid to the countries of the
                                                       Sahel and Ethiopia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Regulation (EEC) No 750 /75 shall be amended as
Economic Community ;                                                 follows :
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                        1 . the following text shall be substituted for the text
804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                      of Article 11 ( 1 ) :
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                    '1 .     When    the  butteroil  is manufactured and
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 740 /75 (2 ), and in                     packed, the competent agency in the Member State
particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;                                       where the operations take place shall ensure that :
                                                                         — Article 6 (3) is complied with ,
Whereas heading II of the Annex to Commission
                                                                         — the quality and packing conform to the provi­
Regulation ( EEC) No 750 /75 (3 ) of 21 March 1975                             sions contained in the Annex ,
concerning invitations to tender for the costs of manu­
facture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to the                     — the packagings used conform to the type of
countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia , lays down the                            packagings in respect of which the certificate
                                                                               referred to in the Annex was issued by the
requirements governing the packaging of the butteroil
to be delivered ; whereas experience has shown the                             approved packaging institute' ;
need to define those requirements and the provisions                 2 . the Annex to this Regulation shall be substituted
concerning the check relating thereto, carried out by                    for the Annex thereto .
the intervention agency concerned ;                                                             Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                    following its publication in the Official Journal of '
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,                          the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 29 April 1975 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
(-') OJ No L 74, 22 . 3 . 1 975, p . I .
( 3 ) OJ No L 74, 22 .    1975 , p . .W.
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                                                              ANNEX
             I. Quality requirements for butteroil
                Characteristics of the product : concentrated milk fat with a minimum pure fat content of
                99-8 % .
                Composition characteristics :
                moisture content and non-milk fat constituents : maximum 0-2 % ,
                fats : minimum 99-8 % ,
                free fatty acids : maximum 0-5 % (oleic acid),
                amount of peroxide/kg : maximum one unit (in milliequivalents of oxygen per kg),
                flavour : fresh ,
                smell : absence of smells unconnected with butteroil .
            II. Packaging of butteroil
                1 . The butteroil is to be packed in metal canisters fully filled and hermetically sealed in an
                    atmosphere of nitrogen .
                    The metal canisters are packed in cartons containing :
                    — either four 5 kg canisters, or
                    — one 20 kg canister.
                    The complete packaging should be strong enough to withstand a long sea journey and trans­
                    portation by land in a tropical climate .
                    Closed cartons, as prepared for delivery, containing either one 20 kg metal canister or four 5
                    kg canisters 95 % full of water, must be able to resist :
                    (a) three falls from a height of one metre on three different edges relating to different axes ;
                        this test, for which five complete packagings are to be used, must be effected in accor­
                        dance with ISO standard No 2248 . After the tests :
                        — the metal canisters may be crushed out of shape but no leakage must occur after elimi­
                            nation of the vacuum ;
                        — the cartons may be damaged and show small tears in the seams and sealed flaps but
                            seams must not be completely torn and flaps must not have come unstuck or be torn
                            off ;
                        — the damage must not be such as to endanger the safe transport of the canister(s) in the
                            carton ;
                    (b) a compression test in accordance with ISO standard Nos 2872 and 2874. For this test,
                        each complete packaging is placed separately, in the normal transportation position,
                        between the plates of the press .
                        During the test, the relative speed of the plates is 10 mm/minute.
                        The criteria of approval is that, after applying a pressure of 3 500 kg/m-' over the base area,
                        the entire packging (metal canisters and carton) may get slightly out of shape but must
                        keep its entirety. Five complete packagings must be tested .
                        Before the tests, the complete , filled packagings are subjected to the following treatment
                        in accordance with ISO standard No 2233 : storage for 48 hours at 25 °C with a relative
                        humidity of 90 % .
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                        The conformity of the cardboard carton with the standards defined above must have been
                         verified by a packaging institute approved by the Member State concerned which shall
                         issue the appropriate certificate and test report together with the description of the tech­
                         nical characteristics of the packaging material .
                 2. Markings on the packaging :
                    The metal canister shall have stamped upon it the following information in the language or
                    languages specified in the Regulation of the individual invitation to tender :
                    (a) the description : ' Butteroil ' ;
                    (b) the words : 'Gift of the European Economic Community' ;
                    (c) the net weight ;
                    (d) the month and year of manufacture .;
                    (e) the name of the processing undertaking — in the form of a code number.
                    In addition to the above, the following must be marked on the two sides of each carton : the
                    manufacturer's lot number and the number of cartons making up the lot.
           III . Special provisions
                 As regards certain special destinations for projects concerning supplies in view of milk reconstitu­
                 tion, special measures shall possibly be fixed in the Regulation of the individual invitation to
                 tender .