{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1182/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1182/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/1182",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 of 20 April 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses and as regards the reporting of market prices of certain categories of carcasses and live animals",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1182",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Marking of carcasses",
  "text": "1. The marking of carcasses shall be carried out at the time of classification.\n2. The marking shall be performed by means of a stamp or a label indicating at least:\n(a) for beef and sheep, the category, the class of conformation and fat cover referred to in points A.II, A.III, C.II and C.III of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 respectively;\n(b) for pigs, the class of the carcass or the percentage of estimated lean meat as laid down in point B.II of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.\n3. The marking shall be located on the surface of at least:\n(a) each quarter of beef carcass;\n(b) each carcass or half carcass of sheep;\n(c) each half carcass of pigs.\nStamp markings shall be located on the outside surface of the carcass. Labels may be located on the outside or inside surface of the carcass.\n4. Stamp markings shall be clearly legible and performed by using an indelible, non-toxic and heat resistant ink.\n5. Labels shall be clearly legible, tamper-proof and firmly attached to the carcasses.\n6. Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authorities from laying down that carcasses may not be marked in the following cases:\n(a) an official record is drawn up and comprises for each carcass at least:\n(i)individual identification of the carcass by any unalterable means,\n(ii)warm weight of the carcass, and\n(iii)result of the classification;\n(b) all the carcasses are cut, as a continuous operation, in a cutting plant approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and attached to the slaughterhouse.\n7. Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authorities from laying down ... provisions on additional requirements on marking.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 8(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 8(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(15)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Art. 8(7) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(15)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1182/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:46.606648+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."
}