Division 3

For the purposes of heading 0204, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

1. (a)

   ‘carcases’, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 10, 0204 21, 0204 30, 0204 41, 0204 50 11 and 0204 50 51: whole carcases of the slaughtered animals after having been bled, eviscerated and skinned, imported with or without the heads, with or without the feet and with or without the other offals attached. Where carcases are imported without the heads, the latter must have been separated from the carcase at the atloido-occipital joint. When imported without the feet, the latter must have been cut off at the carpo-metacarpal or tarso-metatarsal joints;

2. (b)

   ‘half-carcases’, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 10, 0204 21, 0204 30, 0204 41, 0204 50 11 and 0204 50 51: the product resulting from the symmetrical division of the whole carcase through the centre of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the centre of the sternum and of the ischio-pubic symphysis;

3. (c)

   ‘short-forequarters’, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 22 10, 0204 42 10, 0204 50 13 and 0204 50 53: the anterior part of the carcase, with or without the breast, including all the bones and the shoulders, scrag and middle neck, cut at right angles to the backbone, with a minimum of five and a maximum of seven pairs of whole or cut ribs;

4. (d)

   ‘short-forequarters’, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 22 10, 0204 42 10, 0204 50 13 and 0204 50 53: the anterior part of the half-carcase, with or without the breast, including all the bones and the shoulder, scrag and middle neck, cut at right angles to the backbone, with a minimum of five and a maximum of seven whole or cut ribs;

5. (e)

   ‘chines and/or best ends’, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 22 30, 0204 42 30, 0204 50 15 and 0204 50 55: the remaining part of the carcase after the legs and short-forequarters have been removed, with or without the kidneys; the chines, when separated from the best ends, must include a minimum of five lumbar vertebrae; the best ends, when separated from the chines, must include a minimum of five pairs of whole or cut ribs;

6. (f)

   ‘chine and/or best end’, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 22 30, 0204 42 30, 0204 50 15 and 0204 50 55: the remaining part of the half-carcase after the legs and short-forequarters have been removed, with or without the kidney; the chine, when separated from the best end, must include a minimum of five lumbar vertebrae; the best end, when separated from the chine, must include a minimum of five whole or cut ribs;

7. (g)

   ‘legs’, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 22 50, 0204 42 50, 0204 50 19 and 0204 50 59: the rear part of the carcase, comprising all the bones and the legs and cut at right angles to the backbone at the sixth lumbar vertebra just under the ilium or at the fourth sacral vertebra through the ilium anterior to the ischio-pubic symphysis;

8. (h)

   ‘legs’, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 22 50, 0204 42 50, 0204 50 19 and 0204 50 59: the rear part of the half-carcase comprising all the bones and the leg cut at right angles to the backbone at the sixth lumbar vertebra just under the ilium or at the fourth sacral vertebra through the ilium anterior to the ischio-pubic symphysis.

In determining the number of whole or cut ribs referred to in paragraph 3 A, only those attached to the backbone are to be taken into consideration.