Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/149 of 15 November 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 with regard to the compositional requirements and quality characteristics of milk and milk products eligible for public intervention and aid for private storage

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 19(1)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 (2) sets out the compositional requirements and quality characteristics for milk and milk products that are eligible for public intervention and aid for private storage.

(2) Due to technical improvements in the methodology used in the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products and in order to align existing Union rules relating to hygiene requirements, it is necessary to review and update the parameters of the compositional requirements and quality characteristics of certain milk products eligible for public intervention and aid for private storage.

(3) Annexes IV and V to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annexes to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 are amended as follows:

(a) Part II of Annex IV is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation;

(b) Part II of Annex V is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 November 2017.

For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 of 18 May 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to public intervention and aid for private storage (OJ L 206, 30.7.2016, p. 15).