Commission Regulation (EC) No 722/2008 of 25 July 2008 amending Regulation (EEC) No 563/82 as regards the adjustment factors to be used for establishing the market prices of carcases of adult bovine animals
Date: 2008-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carcase, cattle, market prices

L 198/26

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Official Journal of the European Union

26.7.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 722/2008

of 25 July 2008

amending Regulation (EEC) No 563/82 as regards the adjustment factors to be used for establishing
the market prices of carcases of adult bovine animals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2006 of
24 July 2006 concerning the Community scale for the classifi­
cation of carcases of adult bovine animals (1), and in particular
the third paragraph of Article 3 thereof,

Whereas,

(1)

(2)

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1183/2006 defines the
EU reference presentation of carcases. Moreover,
it
provides that where a Member State uses a different
carcase presentation than this reference presentation,
the adjustment factors to progress from that presentation
to the reference presentation should be determined.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 563/82 of 10 March
1982 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 for establishing the market
prices of adult bovine animals on the basis of
the
Community scale for the classification of carcases (2)
lays down the detailed rules as regards the recording of
market prices of carcases of adult bovines based on the
Community scale for the classification of carcases of
adult bovines.

United Kingdom has asked to insert two additional coef­
ficients for the removal of brisket fat and of flank fat in
the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 563/82. In order to
continue to ensure the availability of comparable prices
in the Community, the adjustment factors determined in
the Annex to that Regulation should be adapted.

Regulation (EEC) No 563/82 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The Management Committee for Beef and Veal has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
Chairman,

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 563/82 is replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 25 July 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 214, 4.8.2006, p. 1. Regulation (EC) No 1183/2006 will be
replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007,
p. 1) as from 1 January 2009.

(2) OJ L 67, 11.3.1982, p. 23. Regulation as last amended by Regu­

lation (EC) No 2181/2001 (OJ L 293, 10.11.2001, p. 8).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Adjustment factors referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1183/2006

Percentage

Fat class

Decrease

Increase

1-2

3

4-5

1

2

3

4

5

(as percentage of carcase weight)

– 1,75

– 3,5

– 0,4

– 2,5

– 0,5

– 2,5

– 0,4

– 0,4

– 0,4

– 0,05

– 1,0

– 0,3

– 0,5

– 0,3

– 0,3

Kidneys

Kidney fat

Pelvic fat

Liver

Thin skirt

Thick skirt

Tail

Spinal cord

Mammary fat

Testicles

Cod fat

Fat on inside of topside

Jugular vein and the adjacent fat

Removal of external fat

Removal of brisket fat to leave a covering of
fat (the muscle tissue must not be exposed)

Removal of flank fat adjacent to the cod fat

0

0

0

0

+ 2,0

+ 3,0

+ 4,0

+ 0,2

+ 0,2

+ 0,3

+ 0,4

+ 0,3

+ 0,4

+ 0,5

+ 0,6’