# 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, Division II: Classification of bovine animals aged less than 12 months at the slaughterhouse

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

On slaughter, all bovine animals aged less than 12 months shall be classified by the operators, under the supervision of the competent authority, in one of the following two categories:
(A)Category V: bovine animals aged less than eight months
Category identification letter: V;
(B)Category Z: bovine animals aged from 8 months to less than 12 months
Category identification letter: Z.
This classification shall be carried out on the basis of the information contained in the passport accompanying the bovine animals or, failing this, on the basis of the data contained in the computerised database provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1308/annex/VII/part/I/division/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308/annex-VII/part-I/division-II
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