# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2: The mark to be applied to fresh meat intended for treatment in a processing plant pursuant to Article 33(2)(a) shall consist in, either:

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

(a) the identification mark provided for in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 with an additional diagonal cross consisting of two straight lines intersecting at the centre of the stamp and enabling the information thereon to remain legible; or
(b) a single oval stamp, 6,5 cm wide by 4,5 cm high, in which the following information must appear in perfectly legible characters:
on the upper part, the full name or ISO code of the Member State in capitals,
in the centre, the approval number of the slaughterhouse,
on the lower part, one of the following sets of initials CE, EC, EF, EG, EK, EY, EO, ES, EU, EB, WE or EZ,
two straight lines crossing at the centre of the stamp in such a way that the information is not obscured,
the letters must be at least 0,8 cm high and the figures at least 1 cm high.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/687/annex/IX/division/MARKING/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-687/annex-IX/division-MARKING/division-2
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