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Article 6 Additional requirements on carcass presentation for the purpose of establishing comparable market prices

United Kingdom

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1.

Without prejudice to points A.IV, B.III and C.IV of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, no fat, muscle or other tissue may be removed from the carcass before weighing, classifying and marking, except for cases when veterinary requirements are applied.

2.

Carcasses of bovine animals aged less than eight months shall be presented in accordance with point A.IV of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and without:

(a)

thin skirt;

(b)

thick skirt.

3.

Carcasses of bovine animals aged eight months or more shall be presented without:

(a)

kidneys;

(b)

kidney fat;

(c)

pelvic fat;

(d)

thin skirt;

(e)

thick skirt;

(f)

the tail;

(g)

the spinal cord;

(h)

cod fat;

(i)

fat on the inside of topside;

(j)

jugular vein and the adjacent fat.

4.

F1Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authorities, for the application of the second paragraph of point A.V of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and by way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, F2from allowing the removal of external fat before weighing, classifying and marking of the carcass provided that such removal allows a more objective judgement of the conformation and the fat cover is not influenced. F3The appropriate authorities shall ensure that this practice is regulated by F4... legislation and shall involve exclusively the partial removal of external fat:

(a)

from the haunch, the sirloin and the middle ribs;

(b)

from the point end of brisket and the outer ano-genital area;

(c)

from the topside.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 6(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(11)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in Art. 6(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(11)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in Art. 6(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(11)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Word in Art. 6(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(11)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on Chapter I

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Ch. 1 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)