Commission Regulation (EC) No 202/98 of 26 January 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4056/87 laying down the methods of analysis and other technical provisions necessary for the application of the export procedure for goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
28. 1. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 21/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 202/98 of 26 January 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4056/87 laying down the methods of analysis and other technical provisions necessary for the application of the export procedure for goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2509/97 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas in order to ensure that goods subject to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 (3) receive uniform treatment on export throughout the Community, the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4056/87 (4) concerning determination of milk fats should be amended; Whereas studies and tests carried out by the laboratories responsible for such testing indicate that the most appro- priate procedure is the one laid down in Article 1; Article 1 Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/87 is hereby replaced by the following text: ‘3. Milk fat content For the purposes of determining the milk fat content, a method based on extraction with light petroleum, preceded by hydrolysis with hydrochloric acid and followed by gas chromatography of the methyl esters of the fatty acids, shall be used. If the presence of the percentage proportion milk fats thereof shall be calculated by multiplying the per- centage concentration of methyl butyrate by 25, multiplying the product by the total percentage fat content by weight of the goods and dividing by 100. ’ is detected, Article 2 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section, This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st 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, 26 January 1998. For the Commission Mario MONTI Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. (2) OJ L 345, 16. 12. 1997, p. 44. (3) OJ L 318, 20. 12. 1993, p. 18. (4) OJ L 379, 31. 12. 1987, p. 29