{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-595/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-595/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/595",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 of 30 March 2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-595",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Equivalences",
  "text": "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:\n(a) 1 kg cream = 0,263 kg milk × % fat content of cream, expressed as mass;\n(b) 1 kg butter = 22,5 kg milk.\nIn 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.\nIf 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.\n2. 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.",
  "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/2004/595/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:39.658206+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."
}