Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (repealed)Show full title

Article 65 Definitions

For the purposes of this Section:

(a)

‘milk’ shall mean the produce of the milking of one or more cows;

(b)

‘other milk products’ means any milk product other than milk, in particular skimmed milk, cream, butter, yoghurt and cheese; when relevant, these shall be converted into ‘milk equivalents’ by applying coefficients to be fixed by the Commission;

(c)

‘producer’ means a farmer with a holding located within the geographical territory of a Member State, who produces and markets milk or who is preparing to do so in the very near future;

(d)

‘holding’ means a holding as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003;

(e)

‘purchaser’ means undertakings or groups which buy milk from producers:

• to subject it to collecting, packing, storing, chilling or processing, including under contract,

• to sell it to one or more undertakings treating or processing milk or other milk products.

However, any group of purchasers in the same geographical area which carries out the administrative and accounting operations necessary for the payment of the surplus levy on behalf of its members shall be regarded as a purchaser. For the purposes of the first sentence of this subparagraph, Greece shall be considered a single geographical area and it may deem an official body to be a group of purchasers;

(f)

‘delivery’ means any delivery of milk, not including any other milk products, by a producer to a purchaser, whether the transport is carried out by the producer, a purchaser, an undertaking processing or treating such products or a third party;

(g)

‘direct sale’ means any sale or transfer of milk by a producer directly to consumers, as well as any sale or transfer of other milk products by a producer. The Commission may, while respecting the definition of ‘delivery’ given in point (f), adjust the definition of ‘direct sale’ in order to ensure, in particular, that no quantity of marketed milk or other milk products is excluded from the quota arrangements;

(h)

‘marketing’ means deliveries of milk or direct sales of milk or other milk products;

(i)

‘individual quota’ means a producer's quota at 1 April of any twelve-month period;

(j)

‘national quota’ means the quota referred to in Article 66, fixed for each Member State;

(k)

‘available quota’ means the quota available to producers on 31 March of the twelve-month period for which the surplus levy is calculated, taking account of all transfers, sales, conversions and temporary re-allocations provided for in this Regulation which have taken place during that twelve-month period.