CELEX: 51988PC0773
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Annex A of the Directive 85/397/EEC in respect of the freezing point of milk (presented by the Commission)

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                                              COM ( 88) 773 final
                                              Brussels , 9 December 1988
                          Proposai for a
                         COUNCIL DECISION
        amending Annex A of the Directive 85 / 397 / EEC
           in respect of the freezing point of milk
                ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
When adopting Directive 85 / 397 / EEC on animal health and public health
 affecting intra Community trade in heat-treated milk , the Council invited the
Commission to re-examine the standards for the freezing point of milk , as laid
down in Annex A to the Directive , and to submit a proposal for amending
Directive 85 / 397 / EEC taking into account scientific facts .
Measuring of the freezing point of milk is an indirect method to detect water
addition . However it has been established that the natural freezing point of
milk varies considerably within and between Member States , due to differences
in factors such as breed of cows , feeding regime , climate , availability of
drinking water , the milking interval and the lactation stage on the one hand
and differences in methods of analysis on the other hand .
Due to the variation in the freezing point of milk a certain , significant ,
part of the milk production , having a natural freezing point exceeding the
maximum values laid down in the Directive , is threatened to be excluded from
intra - Community trade in heat-treated milk .
The purpose of this proposal is to find a temporary solution to the problems
which might arise with the actual freezing points in the Directive , after
1.1.1989 .
The actual proposal intends to cure these problems by accepting an intensive
control procedure according to which the competent authorities shall subject
raw milk of each production holding to regular tests on the freezing point .
The proposal introduces a certain procedure to be followed when the tests
result in any suspicion of addition of water to the milk . Under this more
intensive control procedure the actual fixed freezing point for raw milk is
deleted .   A new maximum value for the freezing point shall be established by
the Commission before 1.1.1990 .     For this purpose the Commission intends to
harmonize the method of testing , to organize collaborative studies and to
collect data on the actual situation in the Community .
The Commission considers that this proposal offers the best guarantees as far
as the prevention of unnecessary disturbances of intra-Community trade and the
protection of consumers is concerned .
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                                     COUNCIL DECISION
                     amending Annex A of the Directive 85 / 397 / EEC
                        in respect of the freezing point of milk
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to Council Directive 85 / 397 / EEC of 5 August 1985 on health and
animal- health problems affecting intra-Community trade in heat-treated
milk,(l ) modified by Regulation EEC/ 3768 / 85(2 ) , in particular Article 9 ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 85 / 397 / EEC , the annexes may
be modified by the Council acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from
the Commission ;
Whereas the value of the freezing point of raw milk depends on different
factors such as season , region , breed , feeding , the availability of drinking
water , the milking interval , the stage of lactation and the length of the
storage ;
Whereas , in the light of the results obtained in the different Member States ,
in respect of raw milk it is only necessary to establish certain control rules
to detect the presence of water in milk ; whereas the maximum value of the
freezing point will be established later by the Commission ;
( 1 ) OJ No L 226 , 24.08.85 , p. 13
( 2 ) OJ No L 362 , 31.12.85 , p.  8
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                        Article 1
Directive 85 / 397 / EEC is modified as follows :
1.  In Annex A , chapter VI , D , in the table , the point referring to " Freezing
    Point " is deleted .
2.  In Annex A , chapter VI , the following point E is added :
    "E - Freezing point supervision .     Untreated milk of each production
     holding shall be subjected to regular tests on the freezing point . This
     control shall consist of taking random samples either during collection
     at the farm or when the untreated milk is admitted to the treatment
     establishment , or at the milk collection centre or milk standardization
     centre .   If the results of a control lead to the suspicion of the
     addition of water , the competent authorities shall take an authentic
     sample . An authentic sample is a sample representing the milk of one
     completely supervised morning or evening milking beginning not less than
     11 hours or more than 13 hours after previous milking .
     A maximum value for the freezing point shall be established before
     1.1.1990 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 ."
                                        Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1989
                                        Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
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