Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/150 of 30 January 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 as regards methods for the analysis and quality evaluation 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 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (1), and in particular Article 62(2)(i) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 (2) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 (3) lay down the rules on public intervention and aid for private storage. Commission Regulation (EC) No 273/2008 (4) sets out the methods to be applied in assessing whether milk and milk products comply with the eligibility requirements laid down in those Regulations for public intervention and aid for private storage.

(2) In the light of technical developments in the methodology used in the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products, substantial changes should be made in order to simplify and to provide for updated references to ISO standards. In the interests of clarity and efficiency, and having regard to the extent and technical nature of the amendments to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 273/2008, the relevant provisions of that Regulation should be incorporated into Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240.

(3) In order to ensure uniform compliance with the new standards and methods across Member States, laboratories should be allowed a sufficient period of time to review procedures and apply the updated methods.

(4) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) In the interests of legal certainty Regulation (EC) No 273/2008 should be repealed.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 is amended as follows:

(2) the following Article 60a is inserted: ‘Article 60a Specific provision on checks relating to public intervention and aid for private storage for milk and milk products

(3) the Annexes are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 273/2008 is repealed.

Article 3

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, 30 January 2018.

For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549.

(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).

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 of 18 May 2016 laying down rules for the application of 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. 71).

(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 273/2008 of 5 March 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards methods for the analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products (OJ L 88, 29.3.2008, p. 1).