Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2008 of 16 September 2008 laying down the methods of analysis and other technical provisions necessary for the application of the arrangements for imports of certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (Codified version)

This Regulation lays down the methods of analysis necessary for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as far as imports are concerned and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1460/96 , or, in the absence of a method of analysis, the nature of the analytical operations to be carried out or the principle of a method to be applied.

In accordance with the definitions set out in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1460/96 concerning starch/glucose content, and sucrose/invert sugar/isoglucose content, and for the purpose of applying Annexes II and III to that Regulation, the following formulae, procedures and methods shall be used for starch/glucose and sucrose/invert sugar/isoglucose content: 1. Starch/glucose content: (expressed as 100 % anhydrous starch content of the goods as presented) (a) (Z – F) × 0,9, if the glucose content is not less than the fructose content; or (b) (Z – G) × 0,9, if the glucose content is less than the fructose content where: Zis the glucose content determined by the method set out in Annex I to this Regulation;Fis the fructose content determined by HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography);Gis the glucose content determined by HPLC. In the case of point (a), where the presence of a lactose hydrolysate is declared and/or quantities of lactose and galactose are detected, a glucose content equivalent to the galactose content (determined by HPLC) shall be deducted from the glucose content (Z) before any other calculation is made. 2. Sucrose/invert sugar/isoglucose content: (expressed as sucrose content of the goods as presented) (a) S + (2F) × 0,95, if the glucose content is not less than the fructose content; (b) S + (G + F) × 0,95, if the glucose content is less than the fructose content where: Sis the sucrose content determined by HPLC;Fis the fructose content determined by HPLC;Gis the glucose content determined by HPLC. Where the presence of a lactose hydrolysate is declared and/or quantities of lactose and galactose are detected, a glucose content equivalent to the galactose content (determined by HPLC) shall be deducted from the glucose (G) content before any other calculation is made. 3. Milk fat content: (a) Save as otherwise provided in point (b), the milk fat content by weight of the goods as presented shall be determined by extraction with light petroleum after hydrolysis with hydrochloric acid; (b) Where fats other than milk fats are also declared in the composition of the goods, the following procedure shall be applied: the percentage of weight of the total fats in the goods shall be determined as mentioned in point (a), for the purposes of determining the milk fat content, a method based on extraction with light petroleum, preceded by hydrolysis with hydrochloric acid and followed by gas chromatography of the methyl esters of the fatty acids shall be used. If the presence of milk fats is detected, the percentage proportion thereof shall be calculated by multiplying the percentage concentration of methyl butyrate by 25, multiplying the product by the total percentage fat content by weight of the goods and dividing by 100. 4. Milk protein content: (a) Save as otherwise provided in point (b), the milk protein content of the goods shall be calculated by multiplying the nitrogen content (determined by the Kjeldahl method) by the factor 6,38; (b) Where components containing proteins other than milk proteins are also declared in the composition of the goods: the total percentage nitrogen content by weight shall be determined by the Kjeldahl method, the milk protein content shall be calculated as indicated in point (a) by subtracting from the total percentage nitrogen content the nitrogen content corresponding to the non-milk proteins.

For the purposes of applying Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1460/96, the following methods and/or procedures shall be used: 1. For the purposes of classifying goods falling within CN codes 04031051 to 04031059, 04031091 to 04031099, 04039071 to 04039079 and 04039091 to 04039099, the milk fat content by weight shall be determined by the method referred to in point 3 of Article 2 of this Regulation; 2. For the purposes of classifying goods falling within CN codes 17041011 to 17041099 and 19052010 to 19052090, the sucrose content, including invert sugar expressed as sucrose, shall be determined by HPLC; (invert sugar expressed as sucrose means the sum of equal amounts of glucose and fructose multiplied by 0,95); 3. For the purposes of classifying goods falling within CN codes 18061010 to 18061090, the sucrose/invert sugar/isoglucose content shall be determined in accordance with the formulae, method and procedures set out in point 2 of Article 2 of this Regulation; 4. For the purposes of classifying goods falling within CN codes 35052010 to 35052090, the starch, dextrin or other modified starch content shall be determined by the method set out in Annex II to this Regulation; 5. For the purposes of classifying goods falling within CN codes 38091010 to 38091090, the amylaceous substances shall be determined by the method set out in Annex II to this Regulation; 6. For the purposes of classifying goods falling within either CN code 19019011 or CN code 19019019, the distinction shall be drawn on the basis of the dry extract determined by drying at a temperature of 103 ± 2 °C to constant weight; 7. For the purposes of classifying goods falling within CN codes 19021910 and 19021990, the method set out in Annex III to this Regulation shall be used to test for the presence of common wheat flours and semolinas in pasta; 8. The content of mannitol and D-glucitol (sorbitol) of the goods falling within CN codes 29054411 to 29054499 and 38246011 to 38246099 shall be determined by HPLC.

1 A test report shall be drawn up.

2 The test report shall include the following particulars: all the information necessary for identifying the sample, the Community method used and precise reference to the legal instrument in which it is laid down, or, where appropriate, detailed reference to a method, specifying the nature of the analytical operations to be carried out, or the principle of the method to be applied, as indicated in this Regulation, any factors liable to have influenced the results, the results of the analysis, with due regard to the way in which they are expressed in the method used and the means of expression dictated by the needs of the customs or administrative departments that requested the analysis.

Regulation (EEC) No 4154/87 is repealed. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex V.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.