CELEX: 31998R0745
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/98 of 2 April 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 establishing a list of reference methods to be applied for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products under the common market organization

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31998R0745

Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/98 of 2 April 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 establishing a list of reference methods to be applied for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products under the common market organization  

Official Journal L 103 , 03/04/1998 P. 0008 - 0015

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 745/98 of 2 April 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 establishing a list of reference methods to be applied for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products under the common market organizationTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Articles 6(6), 7(5), 8(4), 9(3), 10(3), 11(3), 12(3), 13(3), 16(1) and (4) and 17(14) thereof,Whereas Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2721/95 of 24 November 1995 establishing rules for the application of reference and routine methods for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products under the common market organisation (3) specifies that before 1 April each year a list of reference methods applicable for the analyses mentioned in Article 1 of that Regulation has to be established; whereas the lists are established by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1997/97 (5); whereas the list of reference methods should be updated; whereas the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 should be replaced;Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 is replaced by the Annex hereto.Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 2 April 1998.For the CommissionFranz FISCHLERMember of the Commission(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21.(3) OJ L 283, 25. 11. 1995, p. 7.(4) OJ L 246, 27. 9. 1996, p. 5.(5) OJ L 282, 15. 10. 1997, p. 13.ANNEX 'ANNEXLIST OF REFERENCE METHODS PURSUANT TO REGULATION (EC) No 2721/95 Index: min. = minimum, max. = maximum, Annex = Annex to quoted Regulation, SnF = solids not fat, FFA = free fatty acids, PV = peroxide value, A = appearance, F = flavour, C = consistency, TBC = total bacterial count, Therm = thermophilic bacterial count, MS = Member State, IDF = International Dairy Federation, ISO = International Standards Organisation, IUPAC = International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, ADPI = American Dairy Products Institute, SCM = Sweetened condensed milk, EMC = Evaporated milk or cream, MSNF = Milk solids non fat. >TABLE>>TABLE>Note 1: Milk fat isolation as described in IDF Standard 6B:1989 (protection from light).Note 2: No reference method has been established.Note 3: Sample preparation to be carried out according to IDF Standard 122C:1996 or according to IDF Standard 73A:1985.Note 4: Incubation for 48 hours at a temperature of 55 °C, precautions against drying out of the growth medium to be taken.Note 5: % solids non fat = % total solids - % fat.Note 6: The butter must correspond to the national quality class of the Member State of production referred to in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 454/95.Note 7: Commission Directive 84/4/EEC.Note 8: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1758/94 (OJ L 183, 19. 7. 1994, p. 14).Note 9: Commission Directive 78/633/EEC.`