# 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, Article 9: Adjustment of individual reference fat content

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

1. For the application of Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003, Member States shall record before 1 July each year of any overrun of the national reference fat content for the 12-month period ending 31 March of that year.
2. The individual reference fat content shall be adjusted by the same coefficient for all producers so that for each Member State the weighted average of the individual representative fat contents does not exceed by more than 0,1 gram per kg the reference fat content set in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003. The adjustment shall be notified to producers before 1 August and shall apply from the 12-month period starting 1 April of that year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/595/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-595/article-9
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