# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184 of 20 April 2017 laying down rules for the application of 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, Article 8: Recording of market prices for beef carcasses

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

1. The market price to be reported for carcasses of bovine animals aged eight months or more as referred to in Article 14 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 shall be recorded by:
(a) the operator of any slaughterhouse which annually slaughters 20 000 or more bovine animals aged eight months or more;
(b) the operator of any slaughterhouse which is designated by the appropriate authority and which annually slaughters less than 20 000 bovine animals aged eight months or more;
(c) any natural or legal person who sends 10 000 or more bovine animals aged eight months or more for slaughter annually; and
(d) any natural or legal person who is designated by the appropriate authority and who sends less than 10 000 bovine animals aged eight months or more for slaughter annually.
2. The relevant authority shall ensure that prices are recorded for at least:
(a) 25 % of the slaughterings in those regions which together cover at least 75 % of the total slaughterings in the relevant constituent nation; and
(b) 30 % of the bovine animals aged eight months or more slaughtered in the relevant constituent nation.
3. The prices recorded in accordance with paragraph 1 shall relate to bovine animals aged eight months or more slaughtered during the recording period concerned, and be based on the cold weight of the carcass as referred to in Article 14(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182.
4. The prices recorded for each class referred to in Article 7 of this Regulation shall indicate the average carcass weight to which they relate and whether or not they have been adjusted by application of each of the factors referred to in Article 5.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1184/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1184/article-8
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