Commission Regulation (EC) No 880/98 of 24 April 1998 establishing reference methods for the determination of the water, solids-non-fat and fat content of butter

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 880/98 of 24 April 1998 establishing reference methods for the determination of the water, solids-non-fat and fat content of butter
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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(7), 12(3), 14(7), 16(2) and 17(4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 745/98 (4) established a list of reference methods to be applied for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products under the common market organisation;
Whereas the internationally accepted reference methods for the determination of the water, solids-non-fat and fat content of butter referred to in that list have not been validated; whereas, therefore, no information on the between-laboratory-variation of analytical results is available;
Whereas the methods had to be modified to facilitate their application;
Whereas the methods have been validated according to internationally established rules;
Whereas the validated methods should be applied as reference methods;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,