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Article 12 Equivalences

United Kingdom

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1.

For products marketed other than milk, the Member States shall establish the quantities of milk used for processing. To that end, the equivalence formulae to be used shall be:

(a)

1 kg cream = 0,263 kg milk × % fat content of cream, expressed as mass;

(b)

1 kg butter = 22,5 kg milk.

In the case of cheese and all other milk products, Member States shall determine equivalences using, in particular, the dry-matter content and the fat content of the types of cheese or products concerned.

If the producer can provide proof to the satisfaction of the competent authority of the quantities actually used for processing of the products concerned, the Member State can use such proof in place of the equivalences referred to in the first and second subparagraphs.

2.

If it proves difficult to determine the quantities of milk used for processing on the basis of the products marketed, the Member States may fix the quantities of milk equivalent on a flat-rate basis by reference to the number of dairy cows held by the producer and an average milk yield per cow representative of the herd.