Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads. - Butter - Over access commitment

1. 1. The expression "milk" means full cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk.

2. 2. For the purposes of heading 04.03, yogurt may be concentrated or flavoured and may contain added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee or coffee extracts, plants, parts of plants, cereals or bakers’ wares, provided that any added substance is not used for the purpose of replacing, in whole or in part, any milk constituent, and the product retains the essential character of yogurt.

3. 3. For the purposes of heading 04.05: • (a) The term "butter" means natural butter, whey butter or recombined butter (fresh, salted or rancid, including canned butter) derived exclusively from milk, with a milkfat content of 80% or more but not more than 95% by weight, a maximum milk solids-not-fat content of 2% by weight and a maximum water content of 16% by weight. Butter does not contain added emulsifiers, but may contain sodium chloride, food colours, neutralising salts and...

4. 4. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milkfat are to be classified as cheese in heading 04.06 provided that they have the three following characteristics: • (a) a milkfat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5% or more; • (b) a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70% but not exceeding 85%; and • (c) they are moulded or capable of being moulded.

5. 5. This Chapter does not cover: • (a) Non-living insects, unfit for human consumption (heading 05.11); • (b) Products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95% lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 17.02); • (c) Products obtained from milk by replacing one or more of its natural constituents (for example, butyric fats) by another substance (for example, oleic fats) (heading 19.01 or 21.06); or • (d) Albumins (including concentrates...