Commission Regulation (EC) No 2181/2001 of 9 November 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 563/82 as regards the criterion for identifying young uncastrated male bovine animals
Date: 2001-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carcase, cattle, classification, market prices, meat processing industry

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2181/2001

of 9 November 2001

amending Regulation (EEC) No 563/82 as regards the criterion for identifying young uncastrated
male bovine animals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1512/
2001 (2),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28
April 1981 determining the Community scale for the classi-
fication of carcasses of adult bovine animals (3), as
last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1026/91 (4), and in particular
Article 3(1) thereof,

purposes, the information on the animal's age in the
livestock identification and registration system estab-
lished in the Member States in accordance with Title I of
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 should be used to iden-
tify the carcasses of uncastrated male bovine animals
that are less than two years of age.

(4)

(5)

There should be a sufficiently long period before
application to allow Member States to adjust to the new
system.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 563/82 of
10 March 1982 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 for
establishing the market prices of adult bovine animals
on the basis of the Community scale for the classi-
fication of carcasses (5), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2090/93 (6), bases a criterion for distinguishing
between the carcasses of young uncastrated male
animals of less than two years and the carcasses of other
older animals on the degree of ossification of certain
vertebrae.

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a
system for the identification and registration of bovine
animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef
products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/
97 (7) establishes a system for identifying and registering
individual bovine animals that enables them to be moni-
tored during their entire lifetime.

Article 1

Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 563/82 is replaced by the
following:

‘Article 2

For the application of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
1208/81, the carcasses of young uncastrated male animals
of less than two years and the carcasses of other unca-
strated male animals shall be distinguished by the animal's
age verified on the basis of the information available in the
bovine animal identification and registration system estab-
lished in each Member State in accordance with Title I of
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament
and of the Council (*).

(*) OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1.’

(3)

To ensure consistent and up-to-date legislation, the iden-
tification criterion in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
for verification
563/82 should be amended so that,

Article 2

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 123, 7.5.1981, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 106, 26.4.1991, p. 2.
(5) OJ L 67, 11.3.1982, p. 23.
(6) OJ L 190, 30.7.1993, p. 9.
(7) OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1.

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

It shall apply from 1 April 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 November 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission