COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 881/1999

of 28 April 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 establishing a list of reference methods to be applied for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products under the common market organisation

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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(6), 7(5), 8(4), 9(3), 10(3), 11(3), 12(3), 13(3), 16(1) and (4) and 17(14) thereof,

Whereas Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2721/95 of 24 November 1995 establishing rules for the application of reference and routine methods for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products under the common market organisation(3) specifies that before 1 April each year a list of reference methods applicable for the analyses mentioned in Article 1 of that Regulation has to be established; whereas the list is established by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1854/96(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 745/98(5); whereas the list of reference methods should be updated; whereas the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 should be replaced;

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

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 is replaced by the Annex hereto.

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, 28 April 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.

(2) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 21.

(3) OJ L 283, 25.11.1995, p. 7.

(4) OJ L 246, 27.9.1996, p. 5.

(5) OJ L 103, 3.4.1998, p. 8.

ANNEX

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LIST OF REFERENCE METHODS PURSUANT TO REGULATION (EC) No 2721/95

PART A:

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PART B:

The reference methods listed under Part B are applicable to analyses of products covered by any of the Regulations indicated in the first column.

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