Compulsory declarations in the milk and milk products sector
Article 151
From 1 April 2015, the first purchasers of raw milk shall declare to the competent national authority the quantity of raw milk that has been delivered to them each month. For the purposes of this Article and Article 148, a "first purchaser" means an undertaking or group which buys milk from producers in order to: (a) subject it to collecting, packing, storing, chilling or processing, including under a contract; (b) sell it to one or more undertakings treating or processing milk or other milk products. Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantity of raw milk referred to in the first subparagraph. The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down rules on the content, format and timing of such declarations and measures relating to the notifications to be made by the Member States in accordance with this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 229(2).