# 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, Article 40

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

1. Annex IV to this Regulation sets out the rules to be followed for completing IMA 1 certificates and monitoring the weight and fat content of the butter, and the consequences of such monitoring.
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2. Member States shall notify the Commission of the results of the monitoring carried out for each quarter under Annex IV by the 10th of the following month. That notification shall contain the following information:
(a) general information:
(i) name of the butter manufacturer;
(ii) lot identification code;
(iii) size of the lot in kg;
(iv) date of the checks (day/ month/ year);
(b) weight check:
(i) size of the random sample (number of cartons);
(ii) data in respect of the mean:
arithmetic mean of the net weight per carton in kg (as specified on the IMA 1 certificate- box 9),
arithmetic mean of the net weight of the sample cartons in kg,
whether the arithmetic mean of the net weight determined in the Union shows a significant difference to the declared value (N= no, Y = yes);
(iii) data in respect of the standard deviation:
standard deviation of the net weight per carton in kg (as specified on the IMA 1 certificate – box 9),
standard deviation of the net weight of the sample cartons (kg),
whether the standard deviation of the net weight of the net weight determined in the Union shows a significant difference to the declared value (N= no, Y = yes);
(c) check of the fat content:
(i) size of the random sample (number of cartons);
(ii) data in respect of the mean:
arithmetic mean of the fat content of the sample cartons in % of fat,
whether the arithmetic mean of the fat content determined in the Union exceeds 84,4 % (N= no, Y = yes).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/2535/article/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-2535/article-40
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