Monitoring of the weight and fat content of butter originating in New Zealand
Article 51
1. Rules for monitoring the weight and fat content and the consequences of such monitoring are set out in Part A.3 of Annex XIV.5. Control on declarations for release for free circulation in the Union shall include the checks laid down in Annex XIV. Where the butter does not meet the compositional requirements, the tariff preference shall not be granted for the whole quantity covered by the relevant customs declaration. Once non-conformity is established and the declaration of release for free circulation is accepted, the customs authorities shall collect the import duty set in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 ( 51 ) . The operator may return the licence for the non-conform quantity, in which case the licence issuing authority shall notify this quantity as unused, and the corresponding security shall be released. 2. Member States shall notify the Commission of the results of the monitoring carried out in each quarter under Part A.3 of Annex XIV.5 by the 10th day of the first month of the following quarter. That notification shall contain the following information: (a) general information: (i) name of the butter manufacturer; (ii) lot identification code; (iii) size of the lot in kg; (iv) date of the checks (day/ month/ year); (b) weight check: the size of the random sample (number of cartons); (c) data in respect of the mean: (i) arithmetic mean of the net weight per carton in kg (as specified on the IMA 1 certificate – box 9); (ii) arithmetic mean of the net weight of the sample cartons in kg; (iii) whether the arithmetic mean of the net weight determined in the Union shows a significant difference to the declared value (N= no, Y = yes); (d) data in respect of the standard deviation: (i) standard deviation of the net weight per carton in kg (as specified on the IMA 1 certificate – box 9); (ii) standard deviation of the net weight of the sample cartons (kg); (iii) whether the standard deviation of the net weight determined in the Union shows a significant difference to the declared value (N= no, Y = yes); (e) check of the fat content; (f) size of the random sample (number of cartons); (g) data in respect of the mean: (i) arithmetic mean of the fat content of the sample cartons in % of fat; (ii) whether the arithmetic mean of the fat content determined in the Union exceeds 84,4 % (N= no, Y = yes).