Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 of 11 December 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards buying-in and selling of agricultural products under public intervention (repealed) (c. 1272)

ANNEX V SKIMMED MILK POWDER

PART VI Sampling and analysis of skimmed-milk powder offered for intervention

1. Samples shall be taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in International Standard ISO 707. However, Member States may use another method of sampling provided that it complies with the principles of the abovementioned standard.

2. Number of packages to be selected for sampling checks:

(a)

offers containing up to 800 25-kg bags: at least eight;

(b)

offers containing more than 800 25-kg bags: at least eight, plus one for each additional 800 bags or fraction thereof.

3. Weight of sample: samples of at least 200 g are to be taken from each package.

4. Grouping of samples: no more than nine samples are to be combined in a global sample.

5. Analysis of samples: each global sample is to undergo an analysis to verify all the quality characteristics laid down in Part III of this Annex.

6. Where samples show defects:

(a)

where a composite sample shows a defect with regard to one parameter, the quantity from which the sample came is rejected;

(b)

where a composite sample shows a defect with regard to more than one parameter, the quantity from which the sample came is rejected and samples are taken from the remaining quantities from the same plant; the analysis of those samples shall be decisive. In that case:

• the number of samples laid down in point 2 is doubled,

• where a composite sample shows a defect with regard to one or more parameters, the quantity from which the sample came is rejected.