{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-16/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-16/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1996/16",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 96/16/EC of 19 March 1996 on statistical surveys of milk and milk products",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-16",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The surveys referred to in Article 1 (1) must permit at least the information mentioned in points (a), (b) and (c) below to be provided.\nQuestionnaires must be compiled in such a way as to avoid duplication.\nThe information shall relate to:\n(a) monthly:\n(i) the quantity and fat content of the milk and cream collected and the protein content of the cows' milk collected;\n(ii) the quantity of certain fresh milk products processed and available for delivery and of certain manufactured dairy products;\n(b) annually:\n(i) the quantity, fat content and protein content of the available milk and cream;\n(ii) the quantity of fresh milk poducts which have been processed and which are available for delivery, and of other manufactured dairy products, broken down by type;\n(iii) the use of raw materials in the form of whole milk and skimmed milk and the amount of fats used in the manufacture of dairy products;\n(iv) the protein content of the main milk products, based on the measuring or estimating method most likely to guarantee reliable data;\n(v) the quantity of cows' milk produced by agricultural holdings on a regional basis (territorial unit NUTS 2) according to the most appropriate measuring or estimating method for guaranteeing the reliability of the data;\n(c) triennially (as from 31 December 1997):\nthe number of the survey units referred to in Article 2, broken down by size class.\n2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Directive 2003/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 amending Council Directive 96/16/EC on statistical surveys of milk and milk products."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Deleted by Directive 2003/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 amending Council Directive 96/16/EC on statistical surveys of milk and milk products."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/16/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:13.244275+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}