Document ID: 31985R0718

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 718/85
of 20 March 1985
amending Regulation (EEC) No 625/78 on detailed rules of application for public storage of skimmed-milk powder
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1557/84 (2), and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof,
Whereas point 2 (b) of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 625/78 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1128/84 (4), as regards the quality of skimmed-milk powder, lays down the control methods used for the detection of certain products;
Whereas a new method for detecting rennet whey by determination of glycomacropeptides using high-performance liquid chromatography has been developed, thanks in particular to the ring test that was developed by various research institutes and by several control laboratories in the Member States; whereas the said method has clear advantages, including in particular the rapid performance of routine testings of many samples per day; whereas provision should therefore be made for using this method by amending Regulation (EEC) No 625/78;
Whereas it seems advisable to provide for a 12-month period of transition and adaptation during which Member States may continue to use the free sialic acid method and operators may require that that method be used in cases where they do not accept the results obtained by means of the new method;
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
Regulation (EEC) No 625/78 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The second indent of point 2 (b) of Annex I is replaced by the following:
'- rennet whey: determination of glycomacropeptides by high-performance liquid chromatography (2). However, until 31 March 1986, Member States may also use determination of free sialic acid (3). Until that date, determination of free sialic acid will, at the request and expense of the party concerned, also be used where the latter does not accept the results obtained using the new method, in which case only the results obtained by means of the free sialic acid method will be considered.'
2. In Annex I, note (2) becomes note (3) and the following note is added:
'(2) The method shall be that set out in Annex V.'
3. The Annex to this Regulation is added as Annex V.
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, 20 March 1985.

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