Presentation of carcasses
1. Where the presentation of the carcass at the moment of weighing and classifying on the hook, differs from that provided for in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and in Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182, the warm weight of the carcass shall be adjusted by application of the corrective factors.
For carcasses of pigs, bovine animals aged less than eight months and sheep the corrective factors shall be specified by the Member States.
For carcasses of bovine animals aged eight months or more the corrective factors are as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. Where the adjustments referred to in paragraph 1 are the same throughout the territory of a Member State, they may be calculated at national level. Where such adjustments vary from one slaughterhouse to another, they shall be calculated at slaughterhouse level.
Territorial division for the recording of market prices for carcasses
Member States shall decide whether their territory is to comprise a single region or whether to divide it into more than one region. This decision shall be taken on the basis of:
(a)
the size of their territory;
(b)
the existence, if any, of administrative divisions;
(c)
geographical variations in prices.
For the purpose of recording of market prices for beef carcasses, the United Kingdom shall comprise at least two regions, namely Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which may be subdivided on the basis of the criteria referred to in the first paragraph.
Classes for recording of market prices for beef carcasses
Recording of market prices on the basis of the Union scales referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall relate to the categories specified in point A.II of Annex IV to that Regulation and to the following conformation and fat cover classes:
(a)
carcasses of animals aged from eight months to less than 12 months: U2, U3, R2, R3, O2, O3;
(b)
carcasses of uncastrated male animals aged from 12 months to less than 24 months: U2, U3, R2, R3, O2, O3;
(c)
carcasses of uncastrated male animals aged from 24 months: R3;
(d)
carcasses of castrated male animals aged from 12 months: U2, U3, U4, R3, R4, O3, O4;
(e)
carcasses of female animals that have calved: R3, R4, O2, O3, O4, P2, P3;
(f)
carcasses of other female animals aged from 12 months: U2, U3, U4, R2, R3, R4, O2, O3, O4.
Recording of market prices for beef carcasses
1. The market price to be reported for carcasses of bovine animals aged eight months or more as referred to in Article 14 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 shall be recorded by:
(a)
the operator of any slaughterhouse which annually slaughters 20 000 or more bovine animals aged eight months or more;
(b)
the operator of any slaughterhouse which is designated by the Member State and which annually slaughters less than 20 000 bovine animals aged eight months or more;
(c)
any natural or legal person who sends 10 000 or more bovine animals aged eight months or more for slaughter annually; and
(d)
any natural or legal person who is designated by the Member State and who sends less than 10 000 bovine animals aged eight months or more for slaughter annually.
2. Member State shall ensure that prices are recorded for at least:
(a)
25 % of the slaughterings in those regions which together cover at least 75 % of the total slaughterings in that Member State; and
(b)
30 % of the bovine animals aged eight months or more slaughtered in that Member State.
3. The prices recorded in accordance with paragraph 1 shall relate to bovine animals aged eight months or more slaughtered during the recording period concerned, and be based on the cold weight of the carcass as referred to in Article 14(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182.
4. The prices recorded for each class referred to in Article 7 of this Regulation shall indicate the average carcass weight to which they relate and whether or not they have been adjusted by application of each of the factors referred to in Article 5.
Classes and weights for recording of market prices for pig carcasses
Recording of market prices on the basis of the Union scales referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall relate to the following weight classes:
(a)
carcasses of 60 kg to less than 120 kg: S, E;
(b)
carcasses of 120 kg to less than 180 kg: R.
Recording of market prices for carcasses of pigs and bovine animals aged less than eight months
The market price to be reported for carcasses of pigs and bovine animals aged less than eight months as referred to in Articles 14 and 15 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 shall be recorded on representative markets by the Member State or by the operators of any slaughterhouse or by natural or legal persons who send such animals for slaughter and are designated by the Member State.
Recording of market prices for carcasses of sheepaged less than 12 months
The market price to be reported for carcasses of sheep aged less than 12 months as referred to in Article 15 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 shall be recorded on representative markets by the Member State or by the operators of any slaughterhouse or by natural or legal persons who send such animals for slaughter and are designated by the Member State.
Recording of market prices shall relate to the following weight categories:
(a)
carcasses of light lambs weighing less than 13 kg carcass weight;
(b)
carcasses of heavy lambs weighing 13 kg carcass weight or more.
Recording of market prices for live animals
The market prices to be reported for each type of male calves aged between eight days and four weeks, store cattle and piglets of approximately 25 kg in live weight as referred to in Article 16 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 shall be recorded on representative markets by the Member State or by natural or legal persons who trade these animals and are designated by the Member State.
Calculation of weekly market prices for carcasses and live animals
1. In the absence of price recording on representative markets or by operators of slaughterhouses or by the natural or legal persons referred to in Articles 10, 11 and 12, the prices shall be recorded by chambers of agriculture, quotation centres, farmers` cooperatives or farmers` unions in the Member State concerned.
However, where a Member State has established a committee in the relevant region, to determine prices for that region, and where the membership of such committee is divided equally between buyers and sellers of bovine animals aged eight months or more and their carcasses, that Member State may use the prices determined by that committee for the calculation of the prices to be reported.
2. Where flat-rate purchases account for more than 35 % of total slaughterings of bovine animals aged eight months or more in a Member State, that Member State may establish criteria to exclude certain consignments from the calculation of prices where those consignments disproportionally influence the prices.
However, where flat-rate purchases account for less than 35 % of total slaughterings of bovine animals aged eight months or more in the Member State, that Member State may decide not to take the prices for such purchases into account in the calculations of prices.
In the cases referred to in the second subparagraph a representative national price for each class shall be calculated by the competent authority, taking into account the factors referred to in Article 14 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 and in Article 5 of this Regulation.
Reporting of market prices to the competent authority
The prices recorded in accordance with Articles 7 to 12 in the period from Monday to Sunday of each week shall:
(a)
be reported to the competent authority, in paper form or by electronic means, by the operator of the slaughterhouse or natural or legal person referred to in Articles 8, 10, 11 and 12 within the time limit set by the Member State; or
(b)
at the option of the Member State, be made available to its competent authority at the slaughterhouse or the premises of the natural or legal person referred to in Articles 8, 10, 11 and 12.
Reporting of market prices and notifications to the Commission
1. The reporting of market prices and notifications referred to in Article 13 and 25 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182, respectively shall be made in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 with the exception of the notifications provided for in Article 25(3) and (5) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182.
2. The prices shall relate to the period from Monday to Sunday of the preceding week to that in which they are notified.
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