L111/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 29.4.1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 881/1999 of 28 April 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 establishing a list of reference methods to be applied for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products under the common market organisation 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 Articles 6(6), 7(5), 8(4), 9(3), 10(3), 11(3), 12(3), 13(3), 16(1) and (4) and 17(14) thereof, Whereas Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2721/95 of 24 November 1995 establishing rules for the application of reference and routine methods for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products under the common market organisation (*) specifies that before 1 April each year a list of reference methods applicable for the analyses mentioned in Article 1 of that Regulation has to be established; whereas the list is estab- lished by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 745/98 (°); whereas the list of reference methods should be updated; whereas the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 should be replaced; 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 The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 is replaced by the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 April 1999. () OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13. () OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 21. () OJ L 283, 25.11.1995, p. 7. () OJ L 246, 27.9.1996, p. S. () OJ L 103, 3.4.1998, p. 8. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission