31.12. 94 No L 368/33 Official Journal of the European Communities COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 94/71/EC of 13 December 1994 amending Directive 92/46/EEC laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June. 1992 laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the ‘market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products (!), and in particular Article 21 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, following a detailed study of certain provisions in the Annexes to Directive 92/46/EEC, it has been found necessary to make certain technical adjustments in order to ensure better application; whereas such amendments concern, in particular, the collection temperatures for raw milk, the rules on equipment in treatment or processing establishments- and the manufacture of heat-treated milk and milk-based products, HAS ADOPT ED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 92/46/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Annex A, Chapter I (1): (i) the following phrase shall be added to point - (b) (i): ‘except where the milk is intended for the manufacture of cheese with a maturation period of at least two months’; (ii) the following subparagraph shall be added: ‘Milk and milk-based products must not come from a surveillance zone established under Directive 85/S11/EEC ("), unless the milk has undergone, under the supervision of the competent authority, initial pasteurization (71,7 °C for 15 seconds) followed by: (a) a second heat treatment resulting in a negative reaction to the peroxidase test; or (1) OJ No L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 1. Directiv€ as last amended by Commission Decision 94/330/EC (O] No L 146, 11. 6. 1994, p. 23). (b) a drying procedure including heating having an effect equivalent to the heat treatment provided for in (a); or (c) a second treatment whereby pH is reduced - and kept for at least one hour at less than 6. (") Council Directive 85/511/EEC. of 18 November 1985 introducing Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (O] No L 315, 26. 11. 198§, p. 11). Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 92/380/EEC (O] No L 198, 17. 7. 1992).’; ' 2. in Annex A, Chapter III (A) (2) shall be replaced by the following:- i 2. Immediately after milking, the milk must be placed in a clean place which is so equipped as . to avoid adverse effects on the quality of the milk. If the milk is not collected within two hours of milking, it must be cooled to a temperature of 8 °C or lower in the case of daily collection or 6 °C if collection is not daily. While the milk is being transported to the treatment and/or processing establishment, the temperature of the cooled milk must not exceed - 10 °C unless the milk has been collected within two hours of milking. For technological reasons concerning the manufacture of certain milk-based products, the competent  authorities = may  authorize derogations from the temperatures laid down in the first subparagraph provided the end product meets the standards set out in Chapter II of Annex C.; : 3. in Annex A, Chapter IV: (a) the title shall be replaced by the following: ‘Standards to be met at the time of collection from the production holding for acceptance of raw milk at treatment or processing establishments’;