Document ID: 31984R3519

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3519/84
of 14 December 1984
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 on the drawing and reduction of samples and the determination of the oil content, impurities and moisture in oilseeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2260/84 (2), and in particular Article 27 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1223/81 (4), lays down the method for determining the oil content of oilseeds, namely that set out in Annex V thereto; whereas a new method, using nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, was recently developed; whereas Member States should be authorized to use that method;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 2 (1) is hereby replaced by the following:
'1. The determination of oil content required under Article 4 of Regulation No 282/67/EEC and Article 32 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 (1) shall be carried out in accordance with the method defined in Annex V to this Regulation.
Member States may, however, in the case of colza and rapeseed, also use the method referred to in Annex VII to this Regulation. In such cases, where the results of the tests are in dispute, the method referred to in Annex V shall be used and its results shall prevail.
(1) OJ No L 266, 28. 9. 1983, p. 1.'
2. A new Annex VII is added, the text of which is as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
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, 14 December 1984.

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