{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308/annex-IV/division-A/division-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308/annex-IV/division-A/division-III.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/1308",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/A/division/III",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Classification",
  "text": "The carcasses shall be classified by successive assessment of:\n1..Conformation, defined as follows:\nDevelopment of carcass profiles, in particular the essential parts (round, back, shoulder)\nConformation class\nDescription\nS\nSuperior\nAll profiles extremely convex; exceptional muscle development (double muscled carcass type)\nE\nExcellent\nAll profiles convex to super-convex; exceptional muscle development\nU\nVery good\nProfiles on the whole convex, very good muscle development\nR\nGood\nProfiles on the whole straight; good muscle development\nO\nFair\nProfiles straight to concave; average muscle development\nP\nPoor\nAll profiles concave to very concave; poor muscle development\n2..Fat cover, defined as follows:\nAmount of fat on the outside of the carcass and in the thoracic cavity\nClass of fat cover\nDescription\n1\nlow\nNone up to low fat cover\n2\nslight\nSlight fat cover, flesh visible almost everywhere\n3\naverage\nFlesh with the exception of the round and shoulder, almost everywhere covered with fat, slight deposits of fat in the thoracic cavity\n4\nhigh\nFlesh covered with fat, but on the round and shoulder still partly visible, some distinctive fat deposits in the thoracic cavity\n5\nvery high\nEntire carcass covered with fat; heavy deposits in the thoracic cavity\nThe appropriate authority may subdivide each of the classes provided for in points 1 and 2 into a maximum of three subclasses.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 s. A(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 80(b)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1405, reg. 5(6)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1308/annex/IV/division/A/division/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:06.542387+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}