Introductory text

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products^f1,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas^f2, and in particular Article 40(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 lays down a procedure for the verification of the fat content of New Zealand butter presented for release into free circulation in the Community under the current access quota specified under quota number 09.4589 of Annex III.A to that Regulation.

This procedure is based on statistical principles. An essential element of this procedure is the use of a typical process standard deviation of the fat content of butter made according to a defined specification in a specified production plant and known in advance by the control authorities in Member States where the declaration for release into free circulation in the Community is presented.

The identification of the factories and the corresponding typical process standard deviation are contained in the Annex to Commission Decision 2001/651/EC^f3.

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority, by letter dated 23 April 2004, notified the Commission of new registered factory names.

Decision 2001/651/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: