# Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two, Division 4.2: Council Directive 96/16/EC of 19 March 1996 on statistical surveys of milk and milk products

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

As regards Directive 96/16/EC, the Commission should be empowered to adopt the definitions for the agricultural holdings among which Member States must conduct surveys of the production of milk and its use, adopt the list of milk products covered by the surveys and draw up standard definitions to be used when communicating the results to the Commission. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 96/16/EC by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
Accordingly, Directive 96/16/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1.. in Article 1, point 2 shall be replaced by the following:
‘2) shall carry out annual surveys of the production of milk and its use among agricultural holdings as defined by the Commission. The measures defining agricultural holdings, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 7(3).’;
2.. Article 3(2) and (3) shall be replaced by the following:
‘2. The list of milk products covered by the surveys shall be adopted by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 7(3).
3. The standard definitions to be used when communicating the results for the various products shall be drawn up by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 7(3).’;
3.. in Article 5(2) and Article 6(1), the words ‘in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7’ shall be replaced by the words ‘in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 7(2).’;
4.. Article 7 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 7 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics set up by Decision 72/279/EEC.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/219/annex/division/4/division/4.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-219/annex/division-4/division-4.2
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