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Dairy Farms
    14.    Any production holding which is both registered as a dairy farm before the coming into force of these Regulations, pursuant to the Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations 1959^[13], and is in operation as such on the date before the date on which these Regulations come into force, shall be deemed to be premises registered under and subject to the provisions of these Regulations as a production holding.

Temporary derogations under Directive 92/47
    15.—(1)  Notwithstanding the requirements of regulation 6(3) and until 31st December 1997, an approving authority shall approve a dairy establishment which does not comply with any or all of the requirements of Schedule 2 and which is listed in the Annex to Commission Decision 94/695/EC establishing the list of Community establishments for which temporary and limited derogations are granted from Community health rules on the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products^[14], in accordance with Article 2 of Council Directive 92/47.

    (2)  Dairy products produced in a dairy establishment approved in accordance with paragraph (1) above shall not—


(a)  bear a health mark, or


(b)  be exported to another EEA State,

    (3)  In this regulation, "dairy establishment" includes a part of a dairy establishment, and "dairy products" mean dairy products in respect of which a derogation has been granted in accordance with Article 2 of Council Directive 92/47.

[13] S.I. 1959/277, the relevant provisions of which are revoked by regulation 24 and Schedule 12 of these Regulations. back

[14] OJ No. L282, 29.10.94, p.1. back