Recording of market prices for beef carcasses
Article 8
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.