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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2426/90
of 21 August 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 on the rules for granting aid to skimmed milk processed into compound feedingstuffs and skimmed-milk powder intended in particular for feed for calves
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 3879/89 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 1 (2a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 (3) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3368/88 (4) states that skimmed-milk powder in the meaning of Article 1 (1) has to meet the definitions given in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1115/89 (6), and has to be produced without any addition;
Whereas the fraudulent addition of whey solids to the skimmed milk used for the production of skimmed-milk powder or to the powder itself is contrary to the aforesaid provisions; whereas, in the absence of an official Community method for the detection of whey powder in skimmed-milk powder which may contain buttermilk powder, Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 does not provide for specific rules on the detection of whey solids; whereas an analysis method has recently been developed for the detection of rennet whey; whereas it is appropriate to impose this method in the framework of the aforesaid Regulation;
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 1725/79 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following is added to the first subparagraph of Article 10 (3):
'Where such inspections relate to skimmed-milk powder to be used, whether as such or in the form of a mixture, the absence of rennet whey powder is proven proven the procedure outlined in Annex IV.'
2. Annex I A (2) (j) is replaced by the following:
'(j) others and especially acid whey as far as its detection is required by the national authorities.'
3. The Annex to this Regulation is added as Annex IV.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 March 1991.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 August 1990.

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