COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) N° 3942/92 of 22 December 1992 establishing a reference method for the determination of sitosterol and stigmasterol in butteroil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 2071/92 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas butteroil has to be traced and the traced butteroil has to be controlled according to Commission Regulation (EEC) N° 3143/85 (3) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 1264/92 (4), and in particular Articles 5 and 6 thereof;
Whereas butteroil may be traced and the traced products have to be controlled according to Commission Regulation (EEC) N° 570/88 (5) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 124/92 (6), and in particular Articles 3 and 6 thereof;
Whereas butteroil has to be traced and the traced butteroil has to be controlled according to Commission Regulation (EEC) N° 429/90 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 1264/92, and in particular Articles 10 and 11 thereof;
Whereas strict compliance with the conditions relating to the tracing of butteroil is essential in order to prevent the risk of unauthorized use of subsidized butter;
Whereas taking account of the importance of tracing in the proper functioning of these schemes it is necessary to establish common methods for detection of all tracers required by these schemes applicable in the same way throughout the Community; this would in particular ensure equal treatment of all operators having access to these schemes and eliminate unequal conidtions of competition which may result at present, as a consequence of different national methods of analysis.
Whereas it is difficult to establish such reference methods for all tracers simultaneously; whereas establishing a reference method for the determination of stigmasterol and sitosterol in butteroil constitutes a first step in this direction;
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 reference method of analysis specified in the Annex shall be applied, if the stigmasterol content of butteroil has to be determined according to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) N° 3143/85, Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) N° 570/88 or Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) N° 429/90 respectively. Furthermore, the referene method shall be applied, if the â-sitosterol content of butteroil has to be determined according to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) N° 570/88.
Butteroil has been traced correctly if the results obtained are in accordance with the requirements specified in paragraph 8 of this Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 February 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 1992.