22. 8. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 228/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2426/90 | of 21 August 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 on the rules for granting aid to skimmed milk processed into compound feedingstuffs and skimmed-milk powder intended in particular for feed for calves THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty- establishing the European Economic. Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (*), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 3879/89 (%), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof, Whereas Article 1 (2a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 () as last amended by:Regulation (EEC) No - 3368/88 (%) states : that skimmed-milk powder in the meaning of Article 1 (1) has to meet the definitions given in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 (°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1115/89 (9), and has to be produced without any addition ; Whereas the fraudulent addition of whey solids to the skimmed milk used for the production of skimmed-milk powder or to the powder itself is contrary to the aforesaid provisions ; whereas, in the absence of an official Community method for the detection of whey powder in skimmed-milk powder which may contain buttermilk powder, Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 does not provide for specific rules on the detection of whey solids ; whereas an analysis method has recently been developed for the detection -of rennet whey, whereas it is appropriate to impose this method. in the framework of the aforesaid. Regulation ; 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 is hereby amended as follows : 1. The following is added to the first subparagraph of Article 10 (3): ‘Where such inspections relate to skimmed-milk: powder to be used, whether as such or in the form of a mixture, the absence of rennet whey powder is proven proven the procedure outlined in Annex IV. 2 An_nei I A (2) (j) is replaced by the following : %j) others and especially acid whey as far as its detec- tion is required by the national authorities. 3. The Annex to this Regulation is added as Annex IV. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 March 1991. This Regulation shall be blndlng in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 August 1990. () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.. () O] No L 378, 27. 12. 1989, p. 1. () OJ No L 199; 7. 8. 1979,.p. 1. () OJ No L 296, 29. 10. 1988, p. 50. OJ No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 4. 8 OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 7. For the Commission Ray- MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission