7.2.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L37/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 213/2001 of 9 January 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards methods for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products and amending Regulations (EC) No 2771/1999 and (EC) No 2799/1999 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (*), and in particular Articles 10 and 15 and Articles 26(3), 29(1) and 31(14) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulations (EEC) No 1216/68 and (EEC) No 3942/92 and (EC) No 86/94, (EC) No 2721/95, (EC) No 1080/96, (EC) No 1081/96, (EC) No 1082/96, (EC) No 1854/96, (EC) No 880/98 and (EC) No 1459/98, the full references of which are given in Annex XXVI to this Regulation, lay down reference and routine methods for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products and establish the scope and rules for applying those methods. In the interests of clarity and to provide those operating in the sector with a single set of methods and rules for applying them, the abovemen- tioned Regulations should be recast and brought together in a single text. For the same reason, Commis- sion Regulations (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards inter- vention on the market in butter and cream (%) and (EC) No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1255/ 1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder (}) should be 0] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. () O] L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. O] L 340, 31.12.1999, p. 3. amended so that the annexes to those Regulations concerning analysis methods can be included in this Regulation. The composition and quality requirements for milk and milk products laid down under the arrangements provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 must be verified to ensure that they are strictly complied with. The reference methods for such verifications are often methods published by international organisations such as the CEN, IDF, ISO and AOAC International, which are regularly updated by those organisations. In some cases a Community reference method is laid down, while in other cases no reference method is specified in the Community rules. In order to ensure that reference methods are uniformly applied, a list of reference methods should be drawn up each year and only methods included in the list may be applied. The use of routine methods should not be ruled out. The conditions for using them should therefore be specified. Common methods should also be established to ensure uniform practice in evaluating the results of analyses, in sensory evaluation of the products concerned and in re-examining results which have been disputed. For some analyses, there are currently no internationally accepted reference methods which have been validated and thus no information is available on the between- laboratory-variation of analytical results. Community methods should therefore be laid down, which have been validated according to internationally established rules and are applied as reference methods.