Commission Regulation (EC) No 823/98 of 20 April 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 461/93 laying down detailed rules for the Community scale for the classification of carcases of ovine animals
Date: 1998-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carcase, fresh meat, health control, marketing standard, refrigerated product, sheepmeat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 823/98

of 20 April 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 461/93 laying down detailed rules for the
Community scale for the classification of carcases of ovine animals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89
of 25 September 1989 on the common organisation of the
market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1589/96 (2), and in particular Article
4(5) thereof,

Regulation (EEC) No 461/93 is amended as follows:

1. in Article 1, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2137/92
of 23 July 1992 concerning the Community scale for the
classification of carcases of ovine animals and deter-
mining the Community standard quality of
fresh or
chilled sheep carcases and extending Regulation (EEC)
No 338/91 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2536/97 (4), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

for

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 461/93 of 26
February 1993 laying down detailed rules
the
Community scale for the classification of carcases of
ovine animals (5) foresees that for the purposes of categ-
ories A and B in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No
2137/92 Member States may report prices per 100 kg for
the customary presentation of carcases; whereas ex-
perience has shown that this should also be extended to
category C of the said Annex because commercial prac-
tice in the matter of the presentation of carcases may be
the same for all categories referred to in this Annex;
whereas it is necessary that the application of this provi-
sion be retroactive in order that the reporting of prices for
category C carcases be made on a uniform basis for the
whole of the 1998 marketing year;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 461/93 lays down provi-
sions concerning on-the-spot inspections by the Com-
munity inspection group provided for
in Regulation
(EEC) No 2137/92; whereas experience has demonstrated
the need to amend these provisions in order to allow for
greater flexibility in the composition of the inspection
group and the organisation of on-the-spot inspections;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sheepmeat,

(1) OJ L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 25.
(3) OJ L 214, 30. 7. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 347, 18. 12. 1997, p. 6.
(5) OJ L 49, 27. 2. 1993, p. 70.

‘3.
In the case where the presentation of carcases
after weighing and classifying on the hook differs from
the reference presentation, Member States shall adjust
the weight of the carcase by the application of correc-
tive factors provided for in Article 2 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2137/92. Member States shall notify the
Commission of the corrective factors used. However,
for the purposes of the categories referred to in Annex
III to the Regulation, Member States may report prices
per 100 kg for the customary presentation of these
carcases. In this instance, Member States shall inform
the Commission of
the differences between this
presentation and the reference presentation.’;

2. in Article 8, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. On-the-spot inspections shall be carried out by a
delegation of
the group limited to a maximum of
seven members. For this purpose it shall be composed
in accordance with the following rules:

— at least two Commission experts, one of whom

shall act as chairman of the delegation,

— one expert of the Member State concerned,

— at most four experts from other Member States.’;

3. in Article 9,

— paragraph 1 first subparagraph is replaced by the

following:

‘1. On-the-spot inspections shall be carried out
at regular intervals the frequency of which may
vary in particular according to the relative volume
of sheepmeat production in the Member State
visited or to problems linked to the application of
the grid. Where necessary they may be followed by
supplementary visits. On such visits the size of the
delegation may be reduced.’,

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— paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

Article 2

The delegation chairman shall draw up a
‘5.
the visit and the
report containing details of
conclusions referred to in paragraph 4. The report
shall be sent to the Member State visited without
delay, and to the other Member States thereafter.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

Article 1(1) shall be applicable with effect from the begin-
ning of the 1998 marketing year.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 20 April 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission