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Explanatory note

England, Wales and Scotland

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1

These Regulations make a number of amendments to the Beef Carcase (Classification) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2242, as already amended by S.I. 1994/2853).

2

S.I. 1992/2242 as amended extends to Great Britain only. It provides for the administration and enforcement of the Community system for the classification of beef carcases, as required by Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1186/90 (OJ No. L119, 11.5.90, p.32). That Community system requires the classification of carcases and half-carcases in accordance with the Community scale defined by Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1208/81 (OJ No. L123, 7.5.81, p.3), as amended, and by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2930/81 (OJ No. L293, 13.10.81, p.6), as amended. That Community scale is in turn the basis for recording market prices in the beef and veal sector (Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1892/87 (OJ No. L182, 3.7.87, p.29)).

3

The amendments to S.I. 1991/2242 are as follows—

(a)

certain definitions contained in paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) are revised in the light of the enactment of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/539, as amended);

(b)

consequential amendments are made to Schedules 2 and 5 in the light of those revisions;

(c)

a provision is inserted (new regulation 2(4)) relating to the recital of references to Community instruments; and

(d)

a reference to Article 2(1)(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 295/96 (OJ No. L39, 17.2.96, p.1) (requiring the operators of certain slaughterhouses to record market prices) is inserted into Schedule 1, thereby making it a “Community provision” as defined by paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (a failure to comply with which is an offence under regulation 14(2)(a) of S.I. 1991/2242). Commission Regulation (EC) No. 295/96 was adopted under Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1892/87.

4

A regulatory appraisal has been prepared and a copy of it has been placed in the Library of each House of Parliament.

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (E.) (7.6.2004) by The Beef Carcase (Classification) (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1317), regs. 1(1), 16; and revoked (S.) (2.7.2004) by The Beef Carcase (Classification) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/280), regs. 1(1), 17