The Commission has published a report on the implementation of Directive 96/16/EC on statistical surveys of milk and milk products.
In the light of the assessment factors in this report and on the basis of the experience acquired in the application of the legislation on milk statistics, improvements shall be made to Directive 96/16/EC by means of amendments concerning:
- the protein content of the main milk products;
- the attention paid to the problem of confidentiality, by adopting the local unit as the survey unit and, if possible, gaining the approval of the undertakings concerned for
the dissemination of data deemed confidential within the meaning of the Regulation;
- the methodological reports;
- the regional statistics on the production of cow's milk.
These improvements will be made by presenting to the European Parliament and the Council a proposal amending Council Directive 96/16/EC.�