L 20/22 27.1.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 175/1999 of 26 January 1999 amending Regulations (EEC) No 3942/92, (EC) No 86/94, (EC) No 1082/96 and (EC) No 1459/98 establishing reference methods for the determination of certain tracers in butter, butteroil and cream 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 ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 1587/96 (%), and in particular Article 6(6), Article 7a(3) and Article 12(3) thereof, Whereas reference methods for the determination of stig- masterol and sitosterol in butteroil and in butter have been established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3942/92 (), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2539/ 93 (%, and by Commission Regulation (EC) No 86/94 (%) respectively; whereas a reference method for the deter- mination of the ethylester of beta-apo-8 carotenic acid in concentrated butter and butter has been established by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1082/96 (°) and a refer- ence method for the determination of vanillin in concen- trated butter, butter or cream has been established by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1459/98 ('); Whereas the reference methods mentioned above were introduced for the control of compliance with conditions relating to the tracing of butter, butteroil and cream under certain schemes under which these products are sub- sidised; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/ 97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of an aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1982/98 (°) which repealed and replaced Commission Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 531/ 96 ("), changed the tolerance limits relating to the in- corporation of tracers which had previously been applic- able; Whereas the tolerance limits for the incorporation of tracers have similarly been adapted in Commission Regu- lation (EEC) No 3143/85 ('?), as last amended by Regula- L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21. L 399, 31. 12. 1992, p. 29. L 233, 16. 9. 1993, p. 1. L 17, 20. 1. 1994, p. 7. L 142, 15. 6. 1996, p. 26. L 193, 9. 7. 1998, p. 16. L L L L L Lol 222228888 P 35 3 3 Z o S PN 350, 20. 12. 1997, p. 3. 256, 18. 9. 1998, p. 9. 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 31. 78, 28. 3. 1996, p. 13. 298, 12. 11. 1985, p. 9. N NN N S S N S S s s o tion (EC) No 101/1999 (") and in Commission Regula- tion (EC) No 429/90 (**) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 124/1999 (), Whereas, furthermore, experience has shown that it is necessary to clarify the application of control results to verify the rate and purity of the tracer incorporation as well as the homogeneity; Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend the regula- tions establishing the reference methods referred to; 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 Regulation (EEC) No 3942/92 is amended as follows: 1. in Article 1, ‘Regulation (EEC) No 570/88’ is replaced by ‘Regulation (EC) No 2571/97’; 2. point 8 of the Annex is amended as follows: (a) point 8.1 is replaced by the following text: ‘8.1. Three samples must be taken from the traced product in order to check on the correct tracing of the product.’; (b) points 8.2.2 and 8.2.3 are replaced by the following text: ‘8.2.2. The results of the three samples obtained from the analysis of the product is used to check the rate and the homogeneity of tracer incorporation and the lowest of these results is compared with the following limits (Crit- ical Difference for a 95 % probability level (CrD95) taken into consideration): — 120,0 mg/kg (95 % of the minimum incorporation rate for 95 % pure stig- masterol), (%) OJ L 11, 16. 1. 1999, p. 14. () OJ L 45, 21. 2. 1990, p. 8. (%) OJ L 16, 21. 1. 1999, p. 19.