No L 69/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 9.3.85 - COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 615/85 of 8 March 1985 continuing the measures on the improvement of thé quality of milk within the Community referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1271/78 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 of 17 May 1977 on a co-responsibility levy and on measures for expanding the markets in milk and milk products (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1206/84 (%), and in particular Article 4 thereof, ' Whereas the measures first carried out pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1271/78 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2341/78 (*), and continued in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2936/79 (%), (EEC) No 1079/81 (%), (EEC) No 272/82 ('), (EEC) No 593/83 (%) and (EEC) No 283/84(°) have proved an effective means of improving the quality of milk in the Community ; Whereas, major difficulties exist with regard to the quality of raw milk in Ireland, Italy and Greece compared with the other Member States, the measures presently being executed in these countries should be reinforced ; Whereas the organizations, institutions, undertakings and producer groups possessing the necessary qualifi- cations and experience should therefore be invited again to propose detailed programmes which these organizations would themselves carry out; Whereas, as regards the other arrangements, the main provisions of earlier Regulations, as amended in the light of relevant experience, may be repeated ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, () OJ No () OJ No 71, 17. 3. 1983, p. 20. 32, 3. 2. 1984, p. 28. () OJ No L 131, 26. 5. 1977, p. 6. () OJ No L 115, 1. 5. 1984, p. 3. () O] No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 39. () O] No L 282, 7. 10. 1978, p. 11. () OJ No L 334, 28. 12. 1979, p. 16. (9 OJ No L 112, 24. 4. 1981, p. 15. () OJ No L 28, 5. 2. 1982, p. 17. L L HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. Under the conditions laid down in this Regula- tion, measures shall be taken in Ireland, Italy and Greece to encourage : (a) bacteriological analysis of raw milk ; (b) testing in relation to health aspects of raw milk ; (c) testing of milking machines ; (d) counselling of individual milk producers, directed in particular towards the obtaining of milk (cowshed hygiene, milking, animal health) and its treatment_(cooling) ; (e) counselling on the collection (jointly operated equipment, colléction points) and transport of raw milk (specifications, equipment and operation of milk tankers); (f) setting up of milk collection centres, if necessary with refrigeration facilities. In properly justified exceptional cases, aids may also be granted to single farms; (g) in certain properly justified cases, equipment for the transport of samples ; (h) training qualified personnel for quality control and milk collection. 2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be eligible only if they are begun after 1 April 1985 ; they “shall be completed within two years of the signature of the contract referred to in Article § (3) and in any case before 1 August 1987. In exceptional cases, however, a longer period may be agreed in accordance with Article 5 (2) to ensure maximum effectiveness of the measures concerned. 3. The time limit fixed by paragraph 2 shall not prevent subsequent agreement to an extension of that limit where the party to a contract, before the fixed expiry date, makes the appropriate application to the competent authority and proves that due to excep- tional circumstances beyond his control, he is unable to meet the deadline originally stipulated. Article 2 1. Measures as referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be proposed and carried out by institutions, organizations, undertakings or producer groups which :