{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-16/introduction",
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  "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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Directive 96/16/EC\nof 19 March 1996\non statistical surveys of milk and milk products\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,\nWhereas Council Directive 72/280/EEC of 31 July 1972 on the statistical surveys to be made by the Member States on milk and milk products has been amended on several occasions; whereas, in the light of new amendments, it is in the interest of transparency to reformulate the provisions of the said Directive;\nWhereas in order to carry out its duties under the Treaty and under Community provisions on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products the Commission needs reliable information about the production and use of milk and regular, reliable, short-term information about the delivery of milk to enterprises which treat or process milk and about the production of milk products in the Member States;\nWhereas surveys on the production and use of milk on the farm should be conducted in accordance with uniform criteria and in greater detail, and monthly surveys should be made in all Member States in enterprises which process milk;\nWhereas, in order to obtain comparable results, common criteria should be fixed as regards the scope of the survey, the characteristics to be noted and the survey procedure;\nWhereas experience acquired in implementing the previous rules has shown that it would be useful to simplify the provisions, in particular by abolishing the requirement to provide weekly results;\nWhereas, in view of the growing importance of the milk-protein content of milk products the appropriate steps must be taken;\nWhereas, in order to facilitate implementation of the provisions of this Directive, it is appropriate to continue the close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission, particularly in the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics established by Decision 72/279/EEC,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No C 321, 1.12.1995, p. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No C 32, 5.2.1996."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 2. Directive as last amended by the 1994 Act of Accession."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
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