Directive 2003/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 amending Council Directive 96/16/EC on statistical surveys of milk and milk products

• Published date: 13 January 2004
• Subject Matter: Information and verification,Milk products
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 7, 13 January 2004

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Directive 2003/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 amending Council Directive 96/16/EC on statistical surveys of milk and milk products

Official Journal L 007 , 13/01/2004 P. 0040 - 0040

Directive 2003/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 5 December 2003

amending Council Directive 96/16/EC on statistical surveys of milk and milk products

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty(1),

Whereas:

(1) The purpose of Council Directive 96/16/EC(2) is to provide reliable and comparable data on milk production and use and reliable, regular, short-term information on milk deliveries to undertakings which treat or process milk and on the production of milk products in the Member States.

(2) In view of the growing economic importance of the protein content of milk, it is becoming increasingly necessary to have statistical information on the protein content of the main milk products.

(3) Specialisation in agriculture is increasing in general, and the milk sector, in particular, is currently undergoing regional specialisation which gives rise to enormous differences between the regions of a single Member State, requiring detailed information at regional level.

(4) To guarantee comparability of results, methodological reports need to be compiled according to a standard format,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Council Directive 96/16/EC shall be amended as follows:

1. Article 4 shall be amended as follows:

(a) the following shall be added to paragraph 1(b):

"(iv) the protein content of the main milk products, based on the measuring or estimating method most likely to guarantee reliable data;

(v) the quantity of cows' milk produced by agricultural holdings on a regional basis (territorial unit NUTS 2) according to the most appropriate measuring or estimating method for guaranteeing the reliability of the data."

(b) paragraph 2 shall be deleted;

2. the last sentence of Article 5(2) shall be replaced by the following:"Member States shall notify the Commission annually of the methodological information relating to the information referred to in Article 4(1)...