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►B COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 1208/81
of 28 April 1981
determining the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals
(OJ L 123, 7.5.1981, p. 3)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Regulation (EEC) No 1026/91 of 22 April 1991 L106 2 26.4.1991
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 35, 11.2.1986, p. 12 (1208/81)
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 1208/81
of 28 April 1981
determining the Community scale for the classification of carcases
of adult bovine animals
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68of27June1968
on the common organization of the market in beef and veal(
1), as last
amended by the 1979 Act of Accession,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1358/80of5June1980
fixing the guide price and intervention price for adult bovine animalsfor the 1980/81 marketing year and introducing a Community gradingscaleforcarcasesofadultbovineanimals(
2),andinparticularArticle4
(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1358/80 provided that a Community
gradingscaleforcarcasesofadultbovineanimalsshouldbeappliedforrecording prices and for intervention in the beef and veal sector;
Whereas the classification must be made on the basis of conformation
and the degree of fat cover; whereas the combination of these twocriteria enables carcases of adult bovine animals to be divided intoclasses; whereas carcases thus classified must be identified;
Whereas, in order to ensure the uniform application of this Regulation
intheCommunity,provisionshouldbemadeforon-the-spotchecksbya Community inspection committee;
Whereas,takingintoaccountthepracticalproblemsthatareentailedby
the implementation of the Community scale for classification in theMember States, it is necessary to provide for its gradual application,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
This Regulation lays down the Community classification scale for the
carcases of adult bovine animals.
Article 2
1. ForthepurposesofthisRegulationthefollowingdefinitionsshall
apply:
(a)carcase:thewholebodyofaslaughteredanimalaspresentedafter
bleeding, evisceration and skinning, presented:
— without the head and without the feet; the head shall be
separated from the carcase at the atloido-occipital joint and thefeet shall be severed at the carpametacarpal or tarsometatarsaljoints,
— without the organs contained in the thoracic and abdominal
cavities with or without the kidneys, the kidney fat and thepelvic fat,
— without the sexual organs and the attached muscles and, in
females, without the udder or the mammary fat;
(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ No L 140, 5. 6. 1980, p. 4.
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(b)half-carcase: the product obtained by separating the carcase
referredtoin(a)symmetricallythroughthemiddleofeachcervical,dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the middle of thesternum and the ischiopubic symphysis.
2. Furthermore, for the purpose of establishing market prices, the
carcase shall be presented without the removal of external fat:
— without kidneys, kidney fat, or pelvic fat,
— without thin skirt or thick skirt,— without the tail,— without the spinal cord,
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— without cod fat,
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— without fat on the inside of topside,— without jugular vein and the adjacent fat,
the neck being cut in accordance with veterinary requirements.
However,MemberStatesshallbeauthorizedtoacceptdifferentpresen-
tations when this reference presentation is not used.
In such instances, the adjustments necessary to progress from those
presentations to the reference presentation shall be determined inaccordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation(EEC) No 805/68.
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Article 3
1. The carcases of adult bovine animals shall be divided into the
following categories:
A. carcasesofuncastratedyoungmaleanimalsoflessthantwoyearsof
age;
B. carcases of other uncastrated male animals;C. carcases of castrated male animals;
D. carcases of female animals that have calved;
E. carcases of other female animals.
Withoutprejudicetotheinterventionrulesapplying,thelettersA,B,C,
D and E shall be used to identify carcases as from 1 January 1992.
Criteria shall be laid down for differentiating between categories of
carcases in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 ofRegulation (EEC) No 805/68.
2. Thecarcasesofadultbovineanimalsshallbeclassifiedbysucces-
sive assessment of:
(a) conformation;
(b) fat cover,as defined in Annexes I and II respectively.
The conformation class designated in Annex I by the letter S may be
used by Member States to take account, through the optional introduc-tion of a conformation class superior to the existing classes (double-muscled carcases), of the characteristics or expected development of aparticular form of production.
MemberStateswhichintendtomakeuseofthispossibilityshallnotify
the Commission and the other Member States accordingly.
3. MemberStatesshallbeauthorizedtosubdivideeachoftheclasses
providedforinAnnexesIandIIintoamaximumofthreesub-classes.
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Article 4
1. Carcases or half-carcases shall be classified as soon as possible
afterslaughterandsuchclassificationshallbecarriedoutintheslaugh-terhouse itself.
2. The classified carcases or half-carcases shall be identified.3. Before identification by marking, Member States shall be author-
izedtoremovetheexternalfatfromthecarcasesorhalf-carcasesifthisis justified by the fat cover.
Theconditionsinwhichremovaloftheexternalfatwillbeappliedshall
bedeterminedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle27of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68.
Article 5
On-the-spotinspectionshallbecarriedoutbyaCommunityinspection
committee composed of experts from the Commission and expertsappointed by the Member States. This Committee shall report back tothe Commission on checks carried out.
The Commission shall, if appropriate, take the measures necessary to
ensure that the classification is carried out in a uniform manner.
These inspections shall be carried out on behalf of the Community,
which shall bear the resulting costs.
The detailed rules for applying this Article shall be adopted in accord-
ance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC)No 805/68.
Article 6
Additionalprovisionsspecifyingthedefinitionoftheclassesofconfor-
mationandfatcovershallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle27ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68before30June1981.
The Commission shall, before 31 December 1981, submit to the
CouncilareportontheproblemsarisingfromtheimplementationinthedifferentMemberStatesoftheCommunityscale,particularlyasregardstheapplicationoftheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphofArticle3(2).
The Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide
before31March1982,inthelightofthesaidreport,onthedatefromwhichtheestablishmentofmarketpricesandapplicationofinterventionmeasures shall be effected on the basis of the Community scale.
Until the date of application for the establishment of market prices,
price tables will be drawn up on a parallel basis, firstly, in accordancewith currently-applicable Community and national provisions and,secondly, on the basis of administrative methods to be drawn upprogressively in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force at the beginning of the 1981/82
marketing year.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
all Member States.
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Conformationclass Description▼M1
ANNEX I
CONFORMATION
Development of carcase profiles, in particular the essential parts (round,
back, shoulder)
S
SuperiorAll profiles extremely convex; exceptional muscle
development (double-muscled carcase type)
E
ExcellentAll profiles convex to super-convex; exceptional
muscle development
U
Very goodProfiles on the whole convex; very good muscle
development
R
GoodProfilesonthewholestraight;goodmuscledevelop-
ment
O
FairProfilesstraighttoconcave;averagemuscledevelop-
ment
P
PoorAll profiles concave to very concave; poor muscle
development
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Classoffatcover Description▼B
ANNEX II
DEGREE OF FAT COVER
Amount of fat on the outside of the carcase and in the thoracic cavity
1
lowNone up to low fat cover
2slight Slight fat cover, flesh visible almost everywhere
3average Flesh, with the exception of the round and shoulder,
almost everywhere covered with fat, slight depositsof fat in the thoracic cavity
4
highFleshcoveredwithfat,butontheroundandshoulder
stillpartlyvisible,somedistinctivefatdepositsinthethoracic cavity
5
very highEntirecarcasecoveredwithfat;heavyfatdepositsin
the thoracic cavity