30.1.76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 24/49 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 18 December 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption (76/118/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thcreqf, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to thc opinion of the European Parliament (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), ' Whereas in order to contribute towards the establishment of a single market for preserved milk, to lay down conditions of production which take account of consumer requirements and to facilitate trade relations on the basis of fair. competition, common rules must be adopted governing composition, use of reserved descriptions, manufacturing specification and labelling of the products concerned; Whereas existing differences between national provisions governing these products constitute barriers to free movement and create unfair conditions of competition; Whereas the determination of methods of analysis for checking the purity criteria of the additives and processing aids used in the manufacture of preserved milk, and the determination of the sampling procedure and the methods of analysis required for - checking the composition and the manufacturing specifications of this milk, are implementing measures of a technical nature, the adoption of which should be left to the Commission so as to simplify and expedite the procedure; . (*) O] No C 65, $. 6. 1970, p. 47. ) OJ No C 146, 11. 12. 1970, p. 26. Whereas, it is desirable that for all cases where the Council empowers the Commission to implement rules relating to foodstuffs, provision should be made for a procedure establishing close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs set up by the Council Decision of 13 November 1969 (3); Whereas certain labelling rules laid down in this Directive cannot be implemented at present on account of the problems of understanding which this would create for the buyer; Whereas in some cases it is sufficient to provide for a supplementary period after which the Directive would be applicable in its entirety; Whereas in other cases national provisions must be maintained and a review clause applied; Whereas pending the adoption of Community rules on indication of quality applicable to preserved milk, national provisions on this subject shall not be affected, but this situation must be reviewed if a Community system cannot be established within three years, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 1. This Directive concerns partly or wholly dehydrated preseryed milk as defined in the Annex. 2. For the purposes of this Directive: (a) ‘partly dehydrated milk’ means the liquid product obtained directly by the partial removal of water from milk, from wholly or partly skimmed milk, or from a mixture of these products, which may have an admixture of cream or of whally ( OJ No L 291, 29. 11. 1969, p. 9.