# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 238/2013 of 15 March 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 481/2012 as regards the validity of certificates of authenticity for high-quality beef, Article 1

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

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 481/2012 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 3, paragraph 7 is replaced by the following:
‘7. The validity of a certificate of authenticity shall be three months from the date of its issue.’;
(2) in Annex II, footnote 1 is replaced by the following:
‘(1)
For the purposes of these requirements, heifers and steers are “bovine animals”, as defined in point 1 of Part IV of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, which correspond, respectively, to categories E and C, as defined in Part A of Annex V to that Regulation.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/238/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-238/article-1
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