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The Parties to this
Agreement,
Recognizing the
importance of milk and dairy products to the economy of many
countries(1) in terms of production, trade and
consumption;
Recognizing the need, in the mutual interests of producers
and consumers, and of exporters and importers, to avoid surpluses and
shortages, and to maintain prices at an equitable level;
Noting the diversity and interdependence of dairy
products;
Noting the situation in the dairy products market,
which is characterized by very wide fluctuations and the proliferation
of export and import measures;
Considering that improved cooperation in the dairy products
sector contributes to the attainment of the objectives of expansion
and liberalization of world trade, and the implementation of the
principles and objectives concerning developing countries agreed upon
in the Tokyo Declaration of Ministers dated 14 September 1973;
Determined to
respect the principles and objectives of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade 1994(2) and, in carrying out the aims of
this Agreement, effectively to implement the principles and objectives
agreed upon in the said Tokyo Declaration;
Hereby agree as follows:
The objectives of this Agreement shall be, in accordance with
the principles and objectives agreed upon in the Tokyo Declaration of
Ministers dated 14 September 1973,
— to achieve the expansion and ever greater liberalization of
world trade in dairy products under market conditions as stable as
possible, on the basis of mutual benefit to exporting and importing
countries;
— to further the economic and social development of developing
countries.
Article II:
Product Coverage back to top
1. This Agreement applies to the dairy products sector. For the purpose of this Agreement, the term “dairy
products” is deemed to include the following products, as defined in
the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (“Harmonized
System”) established by the Customs Co–operation Council(3):
| HS
Code |
|
| 04.01.10-30 |
Milk
and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter |
| 04.02.10-99 |
Milk
and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter |
| 04.03.10-90 |
Buttermilk,
curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other
fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not
concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter or flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa |
| 04.04.10-90 |
Whey,
whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk
constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included |
| 04.05.00 |
Butter
and other fats and oils derived from milk |
| 04.06.10-90 |
Cheese
and curd |
| 35.01.10 |
Casein |
Article III: Information and Market Monitoring
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1. Each Party shall provide regularly and promptly to the Council
the information required to permit the Council to monitor and assess
the overall situation of the world market for dairy products and the
world market situation for each individual dairy product.
2. Developing
country Parties shall furnish the information available to them.
In order that these Parties may improve their data collection
mechanisms, developed Parties, and any developing Parties able to do
so, shall consider sympathetically any request to them for technical
assistance.
3. The information that
the Parties undertake to provide pursuant to paragraph 1,
according to the modalities that the Council shall establish, shall
include data on past performance, current situation and outlook
regarding production, consumption, prices, stocks and trade, including
transactions other than normal commercial transactions, in respect of
the products referred to in Article II, and any other information
deemed necessary by the Council. Parties shall also provide information on their domestic
policies and trade measures, and on their bilateral, plurilateral or
multilateral commitments, in the dairy sector and shall make known, as
early as possible, any changes in such policies and measures that are
likely to affect international trade in dairy products. The provisions of this paragraph shall not require any Party to
disclose confidential information which would impede law enforcement
or otherwise be contrary to the public interest or would prejudice the
legitimate commercial interests of particular enterprises, public or
private.
4. The Secretariat of
the World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as “the
Secretariat”), shall draw up, and keep up to date, an inventory of
all measures affecting trade in dairy products, including commitments
resulting from bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral negotiations.
Article IV:
Functions of the International Dairy Council and Cooperation
between the Parties back to top
1. The Council shall meet in order to:
(a) make an evaluation of the situation in and outlook for the
world market for dairy products, on the basis of a status report
prepared by the Secretariat with the documentation furnished by
Parties in accordance with Article III, information arising from
the operation of the Annex to this Agreement on Certain Milk Products
(hereinafter referred to as “the Annex”) and any other information
available to the Secretariat;
(b) review the functioning of this Agreement.
2. If after an
evaluation of the world market situation and outlook, referred to in
paragraph 1(a), the Council finds that a serious market disequilibrium,
or threat of such a disequilibrium, which affects or may affect
international trade, is developing for dairy products in general or
for one or more products, the Council will proceed to identify, taking
particular account of the situation of developing countries, possible
solutions for consideration by governments.
3. Depending on whether the Council considers that the situation
defined in paragraph 2 is temporary or more durable, the measures
referred to in paragraph 2 could include short-, medium- or long-term
measures to contribute to improve the overall situation of the world
market.
4. When considering measures that could be taken pursuant to
paragraphs 2 and 3, due account shall be taken of the special and
more favourable treatment to be provided for developing countries,
where this is feasible and appropriate.
5. Any Party may raise before the Council any matter(4) affecting this Agreement,
inter alia, for the same
purposes provided for in paragraph 2. Each Party shall promptly afford adequate opportunity for
consultation regarding such matter affecting this Agreement.
6. If the matter affects the application of the specific
provisions of the Annex, any Party which considers that its trade
interests are being seriously threatened and which is unable to reach
a mutually satisfactory solution with the other Party or Parties
concerned may request the Chairman of the Committee established under
paragraph 2(a) of Article VII, to convene a special meeting of the
Committee on an urgent basis so as to determine as rapidly as
possible, and within four working days if requested, any measures
which may be required to meet the situation. If a satisfactory solution cannot be reached, the Council
shall, at the request of the Chairman of the Committee, meet within a
period of not more than fifteen days to consider the matter with a
view to facilitating a satisfactory solution.
Article V:
Food Aid and Transactions other than Normal Commercial Transactions back to top
1. The Parties agree:
(a) In cooperation with FAO and other interested organizations, to
foster recognition of the value of dairy products in improving
nutritional levels and of ways and means through which they may be
made available for the benefit of developing countries.
(b) In accordance with the objectives of this Agreement, to
furnish, within the limits of their possibilities, dairy products by
way of food aid. Parties
should notify the Council in advance each year, as far as practicable,
of the scale, quantities and destinations of their proposed
contributions of such food aid. Parties
should also give, if possible, prior notification to the Council of
any proposed amendments to the notified food-aid contributions. It is understood that contributions could be made bilaterally
or through joint projects or through multilateral programmes,
particularly the World Food Programme.
(c) Recognizing the desirability of harmonizing their efforts in
this field, as well as the need to avoid harmful interference with
normal patterns of production, consumption and international trade, to
exchange views in the Council on their arrangements for the supply and
requirements of dairy products as food aid or on concessional terms.
2. Donated exports, exports destined for relief purposes or
welfare purposes, and other transactions which are not normal
commercial transactions shall be effected in accordance with Article 10
of the Agreement on Agriculture. The Council shall cooperate closely with the FAO Consultative
Sub–Committee on Surplus Disposal.
3. The Council shall, in accordance with conditions and modalities
that it will establish, upon request, discuss and consult on all
transactions other than normal commercial transactions and other than
those covered by the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures.
Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles I to V, the
products listed below shall be subject to the provisions of the Annex:
Milk powder and cream powder, excluding whey powder
Milk fat
Certain cheeses
Article VII:
Administration back to top
1. International Dairy Council
(a) An International Dairy Council shall be established within the
framework of the World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as
the “WTO”). The
Council shall comprise representatives
of all Parties to the Agreement and shall carry out all the functions
which are necessary to implement the provisions of the Agreement.
The Council shall be serviced by the Secretariat. The Council shall establish its own rules of procedure.
The Council may, as appropriate, establish subsidiary working
groups or other bodies.
(b) Regular and special meetings
The Council shall normally meet as appropriate, but not less
than twice each year. The
Chairman may call a special meeting of the Council either on his own
initiative, at the request of the Committee established under
paragraph 2(a), or at the request of a Party to this Agreement.
(c) Decisions
The Council shall reach its decisions by consensus. The Council shall be deemed to have decided on a matter
submitted for its consideration if no member of the Council formally
objects to the acceptance of a proposal.
(d) Cooperation with other
organizations
The Council shall make whatever arrangements are appropriate
for consultation or cooperation with intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations.
(e) Admission of observers
(i) The Council may invite
any non-Party government to be represented at any meeting as an
observer and may determine rules on the rights and obligations of
observers, in particular with respect to the provision of information.
(ii) The Council may also
invite any of the organizations referred to in paragraph 1(d) to
attend any meeting as an observer.
2. Committee
on Certain Milk Products
(a) The Council shall establish a Committee on Certain Milk
Products (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”) to carry out
all the functions which are necessary to implement the provisions of
the Annex. This Committee
shall comprise representatives of all Parties. The Committee shall be serviced by the Secretariat.
It shall report to the Council on the exercise of its
functions.
(b) Examination of the market situation
The Council shall make the necessary arrangements, determining
the modalities for the information to be furnished under Article III,
so that the Committee may keep under constant review the situation in
and the evolution of the international market for the products covered
by the Annex, and the conditions under which the provisions of the
Annex are applied by Parties, taking into account the evolution of
prices in international trade in each of the other dairy products
having implications for the trade in products covered by the Annex.
(c) Regular and special meetings
The Committee shall normally meet once each quarter. However, the Chairman of the Committee may call a special
meeting of the Committee on his own initiative or at the request of
any Party.
(d) Decisions
The Committee shall reach its decisions by consensus. The Committee shall be deemed to have decided on a matter
submitted for its consideration if no member of the Committee formally
objects to the acceptance of a proposal.
Article VIII:
Final Provisions back to top
1. Acceptance
(a) This Agreement is open for acceptance, by signature or
otherwise, by any State or separate customs territory possessing full
autonomy in the conduct of its external commercial relations and of
the other matters provided for in the Agreement Establishing the WTO
(hereinafter referred to as the “WTO Agreement”), and by the
European Communities.
(b) Any government(5) accepting this Agreement may at the time of its
acceptance make a reservation with regard to the application of the
Annex with respect to any product(s) specified therein. Reservations may not be entered in respect of any of the
provisions of the Annex without the consent of the other Parties.
(c) Acceptance of this Agreement shall carry denunciation of the
International Dairy Arrangement done at Geneva on 12 April 1979, which
entered into force on 1 January 1980, for Parties having
accepted that Arrangement. Such
denunciation shall take effect on the date of entry into force of this
Agreement for that Party.
2. Entry into force
(a) This Agreement shall enter into force, for those Parties having
accepted it, on the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement.
For Parties accepting this Agreement after that date, it shall
be effective from the date of their acceptance.
(b) The validity of contracts entered into before the date of entry
into force of this Agreement shall not be affected by this Agreement.
3. Validity
This Agreement shall remain in force for three years. The duration of this Agreement shall be extended for further
periods of three years at a time, unless the Council, at least eighty
days prior to each date of expiry, decides otherwise.
4. Amendment
Except where provision for modification is made elsewhere in
this Agreement, the Council may recommend an amendment to the
provisions of this Agreement. The
proposed amendment shall enter into force upon acceptance by all
Parties.
5. Relationship
between the Agreement and the Annex and Attachments
The following shall be deemed to be an integral part of this
Agreement, subject to the provisions of paragraph 1(b):
— the Annex mentioned in Article VI;
— the lists of reference points mentioned in Article 2 of the
Annex and contained in Attachment A;
— the schedules of price differentials according to milk fat
content mentioned in paragraph 4 of Article 3 of the Annex
and contained in Attachment B;
— the register of processes and control measures referred to in
paragraph 5 of Article 3 of the Annex and contained in
Attachment C.
6. Relationship between the Agreement and Other Agreements
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the rights and
obligations of Parties under the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade and the WTO Agreement.(6)
7. Withdrawal
(a) Any Party may withdraw from this Agreement.
Such withdrawal shall take effect upon the expiration of 60
days from the date on which written notice of withdrawal is received
by the Director-General of the WTO.
(b) Subject to such conditions as may be agreed upon by the
Parties, any Party may withdraw its acceptance of the application of
the provisions of the Annex with respect to any product(s) specified
therein. Such withdrawal
shall take effect upon the expiration of 60 days from the date on
which written notice of withdrawal is received by the Director-General
of the WTO.
8. Deposit
Until the entry into force of the WTO Agreement, the text of
this Agreement shall be deposited with the Director-General to the
CONTRACTING PARTIES to GATT who shall promptly furnish a certified
copy thereof and a notification of each acceptance thereof to each
Party. The texts of this
Agreement in the English, French and Spanish languages shall all be
equally authentic. This
Agreement, and any amendments thereto, shall, upon the entry into
force of the WTO Agreement, be deposited with the Director-General of
the WTO.
9. Registration
This Agreement shall be registered in accordance with the
provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.
Done at Marrakesh this fifteenth day of April
nineteen hundred and ninety-four.
Annex
on Certain Milk Products back to top
Article 1:
Product Coverage
1. This Annex applies to:
(a) milk powder and cream powder falling under HS heading Nos.
04.02.10-99 and 04.03.10-90;
(b) milk fat falling under HS heading No. 04.05.00, having a milk
fat content equal to or greater than 50 per cent by weight; and
(c) cheeses falling under HS heading No. 04.06.10-90, having a fat
content in dry matter, by weight, equal to or more than 45 per cent
and a dry matter content, by weight, equal to or more than 50 per cent.
Field of application
2. For each Party, this Annex is applicable to exports of the
products specified in paragraph 1 manufactured or repacked inside its
own customs territory.
Article 2:
Pilot
Products
The minimum export prices established under Article 3 shall be
established with respect to the pilot products of the following
specifications:
(a) Designation: Skimmed
milk powder
Milk fat content: less
than or equal to 1.5 per cent by weight
Water content: less
than or equal to 5 per cent by weight
(b) Designation:
Whole
milk powder
Milk fat content: 26
per cent by weight
Water content: less
than or equal to 5 per cent by weight
(c) Designation: Buttermilk
powder(7)
Milk fat content: less
than or equal to 11 per cent by weight
Water content: less
than or equal to 5 per cent by weight
(d) Designation: Anhydrous
milk fat
Milk fat content: 99.5 per cent
by weight
(e) Designation: Butter
Milk fat content: 80
per cent by weight
(f) Designation: Cheese
Packaging:
In packages normally used in the trade, of a net content by
weight of not less than 25 kgs. or 50 lbs., except for cheese, of 20
kgs. or 40 lbs., respectively, as appropriate.
Terms of sale:
F.o.b. from the exporting Party or free-at-frontier exporting
Party.
By derogation from this provision, reference points for the
Parties listed in Attachment A may be as provided therein.
Prompt payment against documents.
Article 3:
Minimum Prices
Level and
observance of minimum prices
1. Each Party shall take
the steps necessary to ensure that the export prices of the products
defined in Article 2 shall not be less than the minimum prices
applicable under this Annex. If
the products are exported in the form of goods in which they have been
incorporated, Parties shall take the steps necessary to avoid
circumvention of the price provisions of this Annex.
2. (a) The minimum price levels set out in this Article take account,
in particular, of the current market situation, dairy prices in
producing Parties, the need to ensure an appropriate relationship
between the minimum prices established in the Annex, the need to
ensure equitable prices to consumers, and the desirability of
maintaining a minimum return to the most efficient producers in order
to ensure stability of supply over the longer term.
(b) The minimum prices provided for in paragraph 1 applicable
at the date of entry into force of this Agreement are fixed at:
(i) US$1,200 per metric
ton for the skimmed milk powder defined in Article 2(a);
(ii) US$1,250 per metric
ton for the whole milk powder defined in Article 2(b);
(iii) US$1,200 per metric
ton for the buttermilk powder defined in Article 2(c);
(iv) US$1,625 per metric
ton for the anhydrous milk fat defined in Article 2(d);
(v) US$1,350 per metric
ton for the butter defined in Article 2(e);
(vi) US$1,500 per metric ton for the cheese defined in Article 2(f).
3. (a) The levels of the minimum prices specified in this Article may
be modified by the Committee, taking into account, on the one hand,
the results of the operation of the Annex and, on the other hand, the
evolution of the situation of the international market.
(b) The levels of the minimum prices specified in this Article
shall be subject to review at least once a year by the Committee.
In undertaking this review the Committee shall take account in
particular, to the extent relevant and necessary, of costs faced by
producers, other relevant economic factors of the world market, the
need to maintain a long-term minimum return to the most economic
producers, the need to maintain stability of supply and to ensure
acceptable prices to consumers, and the current market situation and
shall have regard to the desirability of improving the relationship
between the levels of the minimum prices set out in paragraph 2(b) and
the dairy support levels in the major producing Parties.
Adjustment
of minimum prices
4. If the products
actually exported differ from the pilot products in respect of the fat
content, packaging or terms of sale, the minimum prices shall be
adjusted so as to protect the minimum prices established in this Annex
for the products specified in Article 2 of this Annex, according
to the following provisions:
Milk fat
content:
Milk powders.
If the
milk fat content of the milk powders falling under Article 1(a),
excluding buttermilk powder(8), differs from the milk fat content of the pilot
products as specified in Article 2(a) and Article 2(b), then for
each full percentage point of milk fat as from 2 per cent,
the minimum price shall be adjusted in proportion to the difference
between the minimum prices in force for the pilot products as
specified in Article 2(a) and Article 2(b).(9)
Milk fats. If the milk fat content of the milk fat falling under Article
1(b) differs from the milk fat content of the pilot products as
specified in Article 2(d) or Article 2(e) then, if the milk fat
content is equal to or greater than 82 per cent or less than
80 per cent, the minimum price of this product shall be, for each full
percentage point by which the milk fat content is more than or less
than 80 per cent, increased or reduced in proportion to the
difference between the minimum prices in force for the pilot products
as specified in Article 2(d) or Article 2(e), respectively.
Packaging:
If the products are offered otherwise than in packages normally
used in the trade, of a net content by weight of not less than 25 kgs.
or 50 lbs., or for cheese, of not less than 20 kgs. or 40 lbs.,
respectively, as appropriate, the minimum prices shall be adjusted so
as to reflect the difference in the cost of packaging relative to the
cost of the type of package specified above.
Terms of sale:
If sold on terms other than f.o.b. from the exporting Party or
free–at–frontier exporting Party(10),
the minimum prices shall be calculated on the basis of the minimum
f.o.b. prices specified in paragraph 2(b), plus the real and justified
costs of the services provided; if
the terms of the sale include credit, this shall be charged for at the
prevailing commercial rates in the exporting Party concerned.
Exports and imports of skimmed milk powder and
buttermilk powder for purposes of animal feed
5. By derogation from the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 4, a Party
may, under the conditions defined below, export or import, as the case
may be, skimmed milk powder and buttermilk powder for purposes of
animal feed at prices below the minimum prices provided for in this
Annex for these products. A
Party may make use of this possibility only to the extent that it
ensures that the products exported or imported are subjected to the
processes and control measures which will be applied in the country of
export or destination so as to ensure that the skimmed milk powder and
buttermilk powder thus exported or imported are used exclusively for
animal feed. These
processes and control measures shall have been approved by the
Committee and recorded in a register established by it.(11) A Party
wishing to make use of the provisions of this paragraph shall give
advance notification of its intention to do so to the Committee which
shall meet, at the request of any Party, to examine the market
situation. The Parties
shall furnish the necessary information concerning their transactions
in respect of skimmed milk powder and buttermilk powder for purposes
of animal feed, so that the Committee may follow developments in this
sector and periodically make forecasts concerning the evolution of
this trade.
Special conditions of sales
6. Parties undertake, within the limit of their institutional
possibilities, to ensure that practices such as those referred to in
Article 4 do not have the effect of directly or indirectly bringing
the export prices of the products subject to the minimum price
provisions below the agreed minimum prices.
Transactions other than normal commercial
transactions
7. The provisions of paragraphs 1 to 6 shall not be regarded as
applying to donated exports or to exports destined for relief purposes
or food-related development purposes or welfare purposes, provided
these have been notified to the Council as provided for in Article V
of the Agreement.
Article 4:
Provision
of Information
In cases where prices in international trade of the products
covered by Article 1 are approaching the minimum prices mentioned
in paragraph 2(b) of Article 3, and without prejudice to the
provisions of Article III of the Agreement, Parties shall notify
to the Committee all the relevant elements for evaluating their own
market situation and, in particular, credit or loan practices,
twinning with other products, barter or three-sided transactions,
refunds or rebates, exclusivity contracts, packaging costs and details
of the packaging, so that the Committee can make a verification.
Article 5:
Obligations of Exporting Parties
Exporting Parties agree to use their best endeavours, in
accordance with their institutional possibilities, to supply on a
priority basis the normal commercial requirements of developing
importing Parties, especially those used for food–related
development purposes and welfare purposes.
Article 6:
Cooperation of Importing Parties
1. Parties which import products covered by Article 1 undertake in
particular:
(a) to cooperate in implementing the minimum price objective of
this Annex and to ensure, as far as possible, that the products
covered by Article 1 are not imported at less than the appropriate
customs valuation equivalent to the prescribed minimum prices;
(b) without prejudice to the provisions of Article III of the
Agreement and Article 4 of this Annex, to supply information
concerning imports of products covered by Article 1 from non-Parties;
(c) to consider sympathetically proposals for appropriate remedial
action if imports at prices inconsistent with the minimum prices
threaten the operation of this Annex.
2. Paragraph
1 shall not apply to imports of skimmed milk powder and buttermilk
powder for purposes of animal feed, provided that such imports are
subject to the measures and procedures provided for in paragraph 5 of
Article 3.
Article 7:
Derogations
1. Upon request by a Party, the Committee shall have the authority
to grant derogations from the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 5 of Article 3 in order to remedy
difficulties which observance of minimum prices could cause certain
Parties. The Committee
shall take a decision on such a request within three months from the
date of the request.
2. The provisions of
paragraphs 1 to 4 of Article 3 shall not apply to exports, in
exceptional circumstances, of small quantities of natural unprocessed
cheese which would be below normal export quality as a result of
deterioration or production faults. Parties exporting such cheese shall notify the Secretariat in
advance of their intention to do so. Parties shall also notify the Committee quarterly of all sales
of cheese effected under this provision, specifying in respect of each
transaction the quantities, prices and destinations involved.
Article 8:
Emergency Action
Any Party which considers that its interests are seriously
endangered by a country not bound by this Annex can request the
Chairman of the Committee to convene an emergency meeting of the
Committee within two working days to determine and decide whether
measures would be required to meet the situation. If such a meeting cannot be arranged within the two working
days and the commercial interests of the Party concerned are likely to
be materially prejudiced, that Party may take unilateral action to
safeguard its position, on the condition that any other Parties likely
to be affected are immediately notified. The Chairman of the Committee shall also be formally advised
immediately of the full circumstances of the case and shall call a
special meeting of the Committee at the earliest possible moment.
Attachment
A: List of Reference Points back to top
In accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of this Annex,
the following reference points are designated for the countries listed
below. The Committee
established in paragraph 2(a) of Article VII of this Agreement
may modify the contents of this Attachment as appropriate.
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Finland: |
Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotterdam |
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Basle: for butter exports to Switzerland |
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Norway: |
Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotterdam |
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Sweden: |
Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotterdam |
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Basle: for butter exports to Switzerland |
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Poland: |
Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotterdam |
Attachment B:
Schedule of Price
Differentials According to Milk Fat Content back to top
Milk
Fat Content
(per cent) |
Minimum
Price
US$
per metric ton |
| Less
than 2 |
1,200
Skimmed milk powder |
| Equal
to or more than 2, less than 3 |
1,202 |
| ”
” 3
”
4 |
1,204 |
| ”
” 4
”
5 |
1,206 |
| ”
” 5
”
6 |
1,208 |
| ”
” 6
”
7 |
1,210 |
| ”
”
7 ”
8 |
1,212 |
| ”
”
8 ”
9 |
1,214 |
| ”
”
9 ”
10 |
1,216 |
| ”
”
10 ”
11 |
1,218 |
| ”
”
11 ”
12 |
1,220 |
| ”
”
12 ”
13 |
1,222 |
| ”
”
13 ”
14 |
1,224 |
| ”
”
14 ”
15 |
1,226 |
| ”
”
15 ”
16 |
1,228 |
| ”
”
16 ”
17 |
1,230 |
| ”
”
17 ”
18 |
1,232 |
| ”
”
18 ”
19 |
1,234 |
| ”
”
19 ”
20 |
1,236 |
| ”
”
20 ”
21 |
1,238 |
| ”
”
21 ”
22 |
1,240 |
| ”
”
22 ”
23 |
1,242 |
| ”
”
23 ”
24 |
1,244 |
| ”
”
24 ”
25 |
1,246 |
| ”
”
25 ”
26 |
1,248 |
| ”
”
26 ”
27 |
1,250
Whole milk powder |
| ”
”
27 ”
28 |
1,252 |
| ”
” 79
” 80 |
1,336.25 |
| ”
”
80 ” 82 |
1,350.00
Butter |
| ”
”
82 ” 83 |
1,377.50 |
| ”
”
83 ” 84 |
1,391.25 |
| ”
”
84 ” 85 |
1,405.00 |
| ”
”
85 ” 86 |
1,418.75 |
| ”
”
86 ” 87 |
1,432.50 |
| ”
”
87 ” 88 |
1,446.25 |
| ”
”
88 ” 89 |
1,460.00 |
| ”
”
89 ” 90 |
1,473.75 |
| ”
”
90 ” 91 |
1,487.50 |
| ”
”
91 ” 92 |
1,501.25 |
| ”
”
92 ” 93 |
1,515.00 |
| ”
”
93 ” 94 |
1,528.75 |
| ”
”
94 ” 95 |
1,542.50 |
| ”
”
95 ” 96 |
1,556.25 |
| ”
”
96 ” 97 |
1,570.00 |
| ”
”
97 ” 98 |
1,583.75 |
| ”
”
98 ” 99 |
1,597.50 |
| ”
”
99 ” 99.5 |
1,611.25 |
|
” 99.5 |
1,625.00
Anhydrous milk fat |
Attachment
C: Register of Processes and Control Measures — Milk Powders back to top
In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5 Article 3
of this Annex, the following processes and control measures are
approved for the Parties listed below. The Committee established
in paragraph 2(a) of Article VII of the Agreement may modify the
contents of this Attachment as appropriate.
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Page |
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Australia |
19 |
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Canada |
21 |
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European
Communities |
23 |
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Finland |
25 |
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Hungary |
27 |
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Japan |
33 |
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New
Zealand |
34 |
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Norway |
36 |
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Poland |
38 |
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Switzerland |
40 |
Australia
Skimmed
milk powder(12) may be exported from the customs
territory of Australia to third countries:
A. Either, after the competent
Australian authorities have ensured that the skimmed milk
powder has been denatured according to any one of the following
processes:
1. By the addition, per
100 kgs. of skimmed milk powder, of 2.5 kgs. of lucerne meal or
grass meal, containing not less than 70 per cent of particles not
exceeding 300 microns, uniformly distributed throughout the mixture.
2. By the addition of finely milled alfalfa flour (98 per cent
to pass mesh 60, equivalent to 50 United States standard), in a
proportion of 2 to 4 parts per 100 and of phenolphthalein in a
proportion of 1:20,000 (1 gr. per 20 kgs. of milk).
3. By the addition, in the proportion of 20 per 100 by weight of
the product treated (80 per 100 by weight of milk powder and 20
per cent of the denaturing agent) of a mixture composed of 80 per
cent bran and 20 per cent potato flour, rice flour or other common
starch (at least 10 per cent to pass mesh 60, equivalent to 50
United States standard), with phenolphthalein in the proportion of
1:20,000.
4. By the addition of, for each 100 kgs. of skimmed milk powder,
a minimum of 35 kgs. of undeodorized fish meal and 200 grs. of
carbonate of iron or sulphate of iron and
(a) 1.5 kgs. of
activated carbon;
(b) or 100 grs. of
mixture composed of four fifths of yellow tartrazine (E 102) and one
fifth of patent blue V (E 131);
(c) or 20 grs. of
cochineal red A (E 124);
(d) or 40 grs. of patent
blue V (E 131).
5. By the addition of, for each 100 kgs. of skimmed milk powder,
a minimum of 40 kgs. of undeodorized fish meal and 300 grs. of
carbonate of iron or sulphate of iron.
6. By the addition of, for each 100 kgs. of skimmed milk powder,
a minimum of 4.5 kgs. of
fish oil or fish liver oil and 300 grs. of carbonate of iron or
sulphate of iron.
The fish meal noted in processes 4 and 5 must contain at
least 25 per cent of particles with dimension below 80 microns.
In processes 4, 5 and 6, the iron salts have to contain at
least 30 per cent of particles of a size lower than 80
microns. The colouring
matters have to contain the following percentages of the pure
product:
— at least 30 per cent for cochineal red A (E 124);
— at least 25 per cent for the other colouring matters:
colouring matters have to contain at least 30 per cent of
particles having a size lower than 80 microns; the acidity of
fish oil calculated in oleic acid has to be equal to at least 10 per
cent.
The products added to skimmed milk powder, according to
processes 4, 5 and 6 have to be uniformly distributed as regards in
particular the activated carbon, the iron salts and the colouring
matters; two samples of
50 grs. each, taken at random in a lot of 25 kgs., must give by
chemical determination the same results within the limits of errors
admitted by the analysis method used.
7. Dye to be added to liquid skimmed milk before drying at the
rate of 2 to 3 ozs. per 100 gallons of milk (12.5 to 18.7 grs. per
hectolitre). The dye to
be one of the following colours:
|
English
Standard Index Nos. |
| Lissamine
green |
44.090,
42.095, 44.025 |
| Tartrazine |
19.140 |
|
Combined
with |
|
|
(a) Brilliant
blue F.C.F. |
42.090 |
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or |
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|
(b) Green
B.S. |
44.090 |
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| Cochineal |
77.289 |
| Brilliant
blue/F.C.F. |
42.090 |
8. By the addition of meat and bone meal in a proportion of 2 to
4 parts of skimmed milk powder.
The bags or containers in which the denatured powder is
packed will be labelled “For Animal Feed Only”.
B. Or, after its incorporation in compound or mixed stockfoods
of a kind falling within item 23.09 of the Harmonized System.
Canada
1. By the addition of
finely milled alfalfa flour (98 per cent to pass mesh 60, equivalent
to 50 United States standard), in a proportion of 2
to 4 parts per 100 and of phenolphthalein in a proportion of
1:20,000 (1 gr. per 20 kgs. of milk).
2. By the addition, in
the proportion of 20 per 100 by weight of the product treated (80
per 100 by weight of milk powder and 20 per 100 of the denaturing
agent) of a mixture composed of 80 per cent bran and 20 per
cent potato flour, rice flour or other common starch (at least 10
per cent to pass mesh 60, equivalent to 50 United States standard)
with phenolphthalein in the proportion of 1:20,000.
3. By the addition of,
for each 100 kgs. of skimmed milk powder, a minimum of 35 kgs. of
undeodorized fish meal and 200 grs. of carbonate of iron or sulphate
of iron and
(a) 1.5 kgs. of activated
carbon;
(b) or 100 grs. of mixture composed of four fifths of yellow
tartrazine (E 102) and one fifth of patent blue V (E 131);
(c) or 20 grs. of cochineal red A (E 124);
(d) or 40 grs. of patent blue V (E 131).
4. By the addition of,
for each 100 kgs. of skimmed milk powder a minimum of 40 kgs. of
undeodorized fish meal and 300 grs. of carbonate of iron or sulphate
of iron.
5. By the addition of,
for each 100 kgs. of skimmed milk powder, a minimum of 4.5 kgs. of
fish oil or fish liver oil and 300 grs. of carbonate of iron or
sulphate of iron.
The fish meal noted in processes 3 and 4 must contain at
least 25 per cent of particles with dimension below 80 microns.
In processes 3, 4 and 5, the iron salts have to contain at
least 30 per cent of particles of a size lower than 80 microns.
The colouring matters have to contain the following
percentages of the pure product:
— at least 30 per cent for cochineal red A (E 124);
— at least 25 per cent for the other colouring matters:
colouring matters have to contain at least 30 per cent of
particles having a size lower than 80 microns; the acidity of fish
oil calculated in oleic acid has to be equal to at least 10 per
cent.
The products added to skimmed milk powder, according to
processes 3, 4 and 5, have to be uniformly distributed as regards in
particular the activated carbon, the iron salts and the colouring
matters; two samples of
50 grs. each, taken at random in a lot of 25 kgs., must give by
chemical determination the same results within the limits of errors
admitted by the analysis method used.
6. By the addition of dye to liquid skimmed milk before drying
at the rate of 2 to 3 ounces per 100 gallons of milk (12.5 to 18.7
grs. per hectolitre).
Dye to be one of the following colours:
|
English
Standard Index Nos. |
| Lissamine
green |
44.090,
42.095, 44.025 |
| Tartrazine |
19.140 |
|
Combined
with |
|
|
(a) Brilliant
blue F.C.F. |
42.090 |
|
or |
|
|
(b) Green
B.S. |
44.090 |
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|
| Cochineal |
77.289 |
| Brilliant
blue/F.C.F. |
42.090 |
7. By the addition of meat and bone meal in a proportion of 2:4 parts
of skimmed milk powder.
8. By the addition, per 100 kgs. of skimmed milk powder, of 2.5 kgs. of
lucerne meal or grass meal, containing not less than 70 per cent of
particles not exceeding 300 microns, uniformly distributed
throughout the mixture.
The bags or containers in which the denatured powder is packed will
be labelled “For Animal Feed Only”.
9. Incorporation of skimmed milk powder in compound or mixed stockfoods
of a kind falling within item 23.09 of the Harmonized System.
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