{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1999-2799/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1999-2799/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1999/2799",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1999-2799",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation:\n(a) ‘Milk’ means the product obtained from milking one or more cows, to which nothing has been added and which has at most been only partially skimmed;\n(b) ‘Skimmed milk’ means milk with a fat content of no more than 1 % and a protein content of not less than 31,4 % of the non-fatty dry extract;\n(c) ‘Skimmed-milk powder’ means the product obtained by removing the water from milk, with a maximum fat content of 11 %, a maximum moisture content of 5 % and a protein content of not less than 31,4 % of the non-fatty dry extract;\n(d) ‘Buttermilk’ means the by-product of butter manufacture obtained after churning the cream and separating the solid fat, with a maximum fat content of 1 % and a protein content of not less than 31,4 % of the non-fatty dry extract;\n(e) ‘Buttermilk powder’ means the product obtained by removing the water from buttermilk, with a maximum fat content of 11 %, a maximum moisture content of 5 % and a protein content of not less than 31,4 % of the non-fatty dry extract.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1999/2799/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:57:34.805810+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."
}