Intervention Board Executive Agency

DAIRY PRODUCE QUOTAS REGULATION 2000 (S.I. NO. 2977)

The Intervention Board Executive Agency, acting in accordance with Regulation 30a of the Common Agricultural Policy Dairy Produce Quotas Regulation 1997 (as amended), hereby gives notice of the records to be kept by producers of cows’ milk who, being specified persons or relevant persons, are subject to the system of reference quantities and levies established by Article 5c of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 804/68 (OJ No. L148, 28th June 1968): Direct Sellers: details of the reference quantities held, showing permanent and temporary transfers if appropriate; herd records (number and breed of cows and calved heifers in dairy herd with details of numbers in milk and numbers dry); daily records of milk produced; details recorded as a result of participation in the National Milk Recording Scheme or other recording scheme; details of quantities of milk processed, methods of processing and quantities and type of milk products produced on the farm; details of quantities of wholemilk used in the production of milk products (conversion rates); details of quantities and types of milk and milk products which are produced on the farm and used on the farm for stockfeeding and human consumption; details of quantities and types of milk and milk products which are disposed of or wasted on the holding; details of quantities and types of milk and milk products sold direct to the consumer or transferred free off the holding. This should include details of quantities and types of milk or milk products sold on the holding; details of quantities and types of milk and milk products purchased, exchanged or otherwise received, and records relating to their disposal; details of stocks of milk and milk products held on a monthly basis. If milk is also delivered to a wholesale purchaser: details of quantitites and types of milk and milk products sold wholesale and the name and address of the purchaser(s); purchaser’s payment slips; tanker receipts where there are discrepancies between the original purchaser’s payment slip and the tanker receipt. Wholesale Producers: details of the reference quantities held, showing permanent and temporary transfers if appropriate; herd records (number and breed of cows and calved heifers in dairy herd with details of numbers in milk and number dry); daily records of milk produced; details of quantities of milk sold wholesale, and the name and address of the purchaser; purchasers’ payment slips; tanker receipts, where there are discrepancies between the original purchaser’s payment slip and the tanker receipt; details recorded as a result of participation in the National Milk Recording Scheme or other recording scheme; details of quantities of milk produced on the farm and used on the farm for stockfeeding and human consumption; details of quantities and types of milk and milk products which are disposed of or wasted on the holding; details of quantities and types of milk and milk products transferred free off the holding; details of quantities and types of milk and milk products purchased, swapped or otherwise received, and records relating to their disposal; details of stocks of milk produced on the farm and any resulting milk products. Such records shall be kept for a minimum period of 3 years, starting from the end of the year in which they were drawn up. This notice supersedes all previous notices. H. MacKinnon, Head of Operations Directorate, Intervention Board Executive Agency. March 2001.