# 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, Article 9

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Undertakings producing mixtures, compound feedingstuffs or denatured skimmed-milk powder must have been approved for that purpose by the competent agency of the Member State on whose territory production takes place.
2. Approval shall be granted to undertakings which:
(a) have suitable technical equipment and administrative and accounting methods which make it possible to comply with both this Regulation and the additional requirements laid down by the Member State;
(b) submit to an inspection by the competent agency.
3. Except in cases of force majeure, where it is found that an undertaking no longer meets the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 or has failed to comply with another obligation under this Regulation, approval shall be suspended for a period of one to twelve months, depending on the seriousness of the irregularity.
If, at the end of that period, the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 are not met, approval shall be withdrawn. Approval may be reinstated after no less than six months, at the request of the undertaking concerned, following an in-depth inspection.
Member States may decide not to impose such a suspension if it is established that the irregularity was not committed deliberately or through serious negligence and that its consequences are marginal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1999/2799/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1999-2799/article-9
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