1999/309/EC: Commission Decision of 23 April 1999 on the 1999 work programme relating to the protein content of the main milk products [notified under document number C(1999) 994] (Text with EEA relevance)
L 119/54 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 5. 1999 COMMISSION DECISION of 23 April 1999 on the 1999 work programme relating to the protein content of the main milk products (notified under document number C(1999) 994) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/309/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 96/16/EC of 19 March 1996 on statistical surveys of milk and milk prod- ucts (1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof, should be continued in order (1) Whereas work already initiated by the Member States to work towards the objective of extending the annual stat- istical information to include the protein content of the main milk products; (2) Whereas the 1999 work programme takes account of the experience gained in the 1997 and 1998 work programme and proposes to elaborate further the various methods of measuring the protein content of the main milk products; (3) Whereas the measures envisaged by this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The appended 1999 work programme on the protein content of the main milk products is approved. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 April 1999. For the Commission Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 78, 28. 3. 1996, p. 27. 7. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 119/55 ANNEX WORK PROGRAMME FOR 1999 The Member States will transmit to Eurostat by the 30 June 1999 at the latest: 1. The information relative to the table in the annex concerning the protein content of the main milk products for the latest available year to be indicated, whereby in addition to column 1, either column 2 or column 3 or both, must be filled out. If only one of the columns, either 2 or 3, is filled out, Member States will explain precisely why this is so. 2. The description of any new elements which differ from the 1998 work programme regarding the methods used to obtain the information for this table (direct survey, coefficients, estimations, technical references, administrative sources, information from professional organisations, other sources). 3. Other elements which were missing from the 1997 and/or 1998 work programmes which have not yet been transmitted. The Member States will ensure that these other elements are transmitted in close collaboration with Eurostat. 4. Any proposals which they may have for a harmonised method of estimating the protein content of the main milk products. L 119/56 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 5. 1999 Table Activities of the dairies (Protein content of cows’ milk in the main milk products) Year: Produced quantity (1) (1 000 t) Entry (2) Contents (3) 1 2 3 Country: Code Product 1 11 Fresh products Drinking milk 112 Whole milk 113 Semi-skimmed milk 114 Skimmed milk 12 13 2 21 Buttermilk Cream Manufactured products Concentrated milk 221 Cream milk powder 222 Whole milk powder 223 Partly skimmed-milk powder 224 Skimmed-milk powder 225 Buttermilk powder 2411 Cheese from cow’s milk 25 26 Processed cheese (4) Casein and caseinates (5) (1) Column 1: quantities produced in thousands of tonnes during the period under consideration (year). Definition: see Annex II of the Decision 97/80/EC, Table B/column 1. (2) Column 2: quantities in tonnes of the protein content of cow’s milk used for the manufacture of the given product including possible losses during the manufacturing process. (3) Column 3: quantities in tonnes of the protein content of cow’s milk contained in the product. (4) Optional. (5) Only for IRL: optional