Commission Regulation (EC) No 315/2002 of 20 February 2002 on the survey of prices of fresh or chilled sheep carcasses on representative markets in the Community
Date: 2002-02-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carcase, domestic market, fresh meat, frozen product, representative market price, sheepmeat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 315/2002

of 20 February 2002

on the survey of prices of fresh or chilled sheep carcasses on representative markets in the
Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19
December 2001 on the common organisation of the market in
sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), and in particular Articles 20 and
24 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 sets up a new system of
premia to replace the system set out in Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 2467/98 of 3 November 1998 on the
common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and
goatmeat (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1669/
2000 (3). In order to take into account the new arrange-
ments and in the interests of clarity it is necessary to
establish new rules to replace those set out in Commis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 of 15 May 1986 on
the determination of prices of
fresh or chilled lamb
carcasses on representative Community markets and the
survey of prices of certain other qualities of sheep
carcasses in the Community (4), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2877/2000 (5).

Pursuant to Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2529/
2001, Member States
record prices of ovine
shall
animals and of meat of ovine animals. The rules for the
application of price reporting should therefore be fixed.

The prices shall be those recorded on the representative
market or markets of each Member State for the various
categories of fresh or chilled sheep carcasses. Moreover,
where there is more than one representative market in a
the
Member State the arithmetical or,
if necessary,
weighted average of quotations
recorded on these
markets should be taken.

The prices recorded on the market shall be based on the
prices, excluding value added tax, of carcasses, but with
no deductions authorised in respect of other charges.
Market prices should be recorded in respect of
the
‘carcass weight’ as defined in Commission Decision 94/
434/EC of 30 May 1994 laying down detailed rules for
the application of Council Directive 93/25/EEC as
regards the statistical surveys to be carried out by
Member States on sheep and goat population and
production (6), as last amended by Decision 1999/47/

(1) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 312, 20.11.1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 130, 16.5.1986, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 333, 29.12.2000, p. 57.
(6) OJ L 179, 13.7.1994, p. 33.

EC (7). However, it should be permitted that this defini-
tion be not used in the case of carcasses of young lambs
weighing between 9 and 16 kilograms, so that market
practices, whereby whole carcasses marketed with head
and offals command a greater commercial value, can be
taken into account.

(5)

(6)

(7)

In certain Member States prices relate to prices for live
animals. These prices should then be converted by
means of appropriate coefficients. However, in regions
where the individual assessment of live animals is carried
out in order to estimate carcass weight the conversion
may be based on that assessment.

In order to explain the basis on which Member States
compile prices, they should notify the Commission with
regard to the representative markets chosen and the
categories of carcasses and the weighting or relative
importance of those elements used for the calculation of
the prices.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. Member States whose sheep meat production exceeds
200 tonnes per year shall communicate to the Commission,
each Thursday at
fresh or chilled
the latest,
carcasses of lambs and ewes.

the prices of

2.
The prices shall be those recorded in the quotation areas
referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of
Member States that fulfil the requirements set out in paragraph
1. They shall be wholesale prices recorded by those Member
States on the representative market or markets during the week
preceding the week in which the information is given. The
representative market or markets shall be determined by the
Member States mentioned above. The prices shall be calculated
on the basis of market prices, ex value added tax.

Article 2

1. Market prices shall be recorded in respect of the ‘carcass
weight’ within the meaning of Decision 94/434/EC.

(7) OJ L 15, 20.1.1999, p. 10.

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Where prices are recorded according to different categories of
carcass the price on the representative market shall be equal to
the average, weighted by coefficients fixed by Member States to
reflect the relative importance of each category, of the prices
recorded for the said categories during a seven-day period at
the wholesale stage.

2.
In the case of lamb carcasses weighing up to 16 kilo-
grams, and in accordance with normal commercial practice,
prices may be recorded before evisceration and removal of the
head.

Where prices are recorded on a liveweight basis, the prices per
kilogram liveweight shall be divided by a maximum conversion
coefficient of 0,5. However, where normal practice is to include
head and offals with the carcass, for lambs weighing up to 28
kilograms liveweight the Member States may fix a higher coef-
ficient.

In regions where price recording is based on the individual
assessment of the weight of lamb carcasses, the conversion
shall be based on that assessment.

coefficients fixed by the Member States to reflect the relative
importance of each market or of each category.

3.
However, where no information is available the prices on
the representative markets of that Member State shall be deter-
mined by reference in particular to the last prices known.

Article 4

Member States shall notify the Commission by 1 March 2002
of:

(a) the representative markets of each quotation area;

(b) the categories of lamb carcasses;

(c) the weighting and conversion coefficients referred to in

Articles 2 and 3.

Member States shall notify the Commission of any changes in
the arrangements within a period of one month after any such
changes.

Article 3

Article 5

1. Where markets are held more than once during the
seven-day period referred to in Article 2(1), the price of each
category shall be the arithmetical average of the quotations
recorded during each market.

Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 is hereby repealed.

Article 6

2. Where there are several representative markets in a
quotation area the price for that quotation area shall be the
average of the prices recorded on the said markets, weighted by

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

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

Done at Brussels, 20 February 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission