1. Technical Assistance for Development of a Strategy for Alignment with
Common Market Organisation (CMO) Requirements
TR2014/AG/10-A1-01/001
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Changes in legislation, Introduction Regulations: and Training on classification March 2018
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2. Commission Delegated Regulation of 20 April 2017 Repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 315/2002, (EC) No 1249/2008 and (EU) No 807/2013
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3. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1182 article 2 (1)
Derogations from the compulsory classification of carcasses
Member States may decide that the requirements on classification of carcasses of bovine animals and of pigs, laid down in points A.V and B.II of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, respectively, shall not be compulsory for slaughterhouses which slaughter:
less than 150 bovine animals aged eight months or more per week as an annual average;
less than 500 pigs per week as an annual average.
Member States may determine a lower limit, in particular to ensure the representativeness of price recording as referred to in Article 8(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184.
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4. Commission Delegated Regulation article 2 (2) Member States may decide that the requirements on classification of carcasses of bovine animals and pigs shall not be compulsory: (a) for carcasses of bovines and pigs owned by the slaughterhouse if no commercial transaction in purchasing these animals takes place; (b) for carcasses of pigs of clearly defined local breeds or with particular modes of marketing if their anatomical body composition makes the homogeneous and standardised classification of carcasses impossible.
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5. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1182 article 2 (3 and 4) 3
Commission Delegated Regulation article 2 (3 and 4) 3. Member States that apply classification of sheep carcasses pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 may decide, based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria, that the requirements on classification of sheep carcasses shall not be compulsory for certain slaughterhouses. 4. Member States shall notify the Commission if they decide to apply any of the derogations laid down in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article.
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6. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1182 article 5
Classification of pig carcasses
Member States may further subdivide into subclasses the pig carcass classification classes laid down in point B.II of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
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7. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1182 article 6
Additional requirements on carcass presentation for the purpose of establishing comparable market prices
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:
thin skirt;
thick skirt.
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8. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1182 article 7 (1 and 2)
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Commission Delegated Regulation article 7 (1 and 2)
Classification and weighing
The classification referred to in points A.II, A.III, B.II, C.II and C.III of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be carried out in the slaughterhouse at the time of determining the warm weight of the carcass.
The Commission may authorise pig classification before weighing in accordance with Article 11 of this Regulation if certain grading methods applied in the territory of a Member State require this.
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9. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1182 article 7 (4)
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Commission Delegated Regulation article 7 (4)
Classification and weighing
4. In the case of pigs, if in a given slaughterhouse, the 45-minute time period between the sticking and the weighing of the carcasses cannot generally be observed, the competent authority of the Member State concerned may allow that the deduction of 2 % as referred to in Article 14(3):
shall be reduced by 0,1 per cent units for every additional quarter of an hour or part thereof that has elapsed when the period between sticking and weighing exceeds the 45 minutes;
can be increased by certain per cent units established by the Member State concerned when the period between sticking and weighing is shorter than 45 minutes. In this case the deduction shall be justified on the basis of scientific data.
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10. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1182 article 7 (5)
Classification and weighing
In cases where beef or sheep automated grading methods referred to in Article 10 fail to classify carcasses, classification of these carcasses shall take place on the day of slaughter or, if the required period between sticking and weighing has expired on the day after the slaughter, classification shall take place as soon as possible on that day.
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11. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1182 article 8 (1 and 3)
Marking of carcasses.
1. The marking of carcasses shall be carried out at the time of classification.
3. The marking shall be located on the surface of at least:
each quarter of beef carcass;
each carcass or half carcass of sheep;
each half carcass of pigs.
Stamp markings shall be located on the outside surface of the carcass. Labels may be located on the outside or inside surface of the carcass.
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12. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1182 article 8 (4 and 5)
Marking of carcasses.
4. Stamp markings shall be clearly legible and performed by using an indelible, non-toxic and heat resistant ink.
5. Labels shall be clearly legible, tamper-proof and firmly attached to the carcasses.
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13. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1182 article 8 (6a)
Marking of carcasses.
6. Member States may lay down that carcasses may not be marked in the following cases:
an official record is drawn up and comprises for each carcass at least:
(i) individual identification of the carcass by any unalterable means
(ii) warm weight of the carcass, and
(iii) result of the classification;
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14. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1182 article 8 (6b and 7)
Marking of carcasses.
(b) all the carcasses are cut, as a continuous operation, in an approved cutting plant, attached to the slaughterhouse.
7. Member States may lay down national provisions on additional requirements on marking
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15. Commission Delegated Regulation of 20 April 2017 The new rules should replace Commission Regulations (EC) No 315/2002, (EC) No 1249/2008 and (EU) No 807/2013
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16. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1184 article 1 (1 )
Communication of the classification results
The slaughterhouses, the classification agencies or the qualified classifiers shall communicate to the supplier of the animal: the results of the classification. (incl carcass weight, presentation and the use of automated grading techniques)
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17. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1184 article 3 (1 )
Requirements on-the-spot checks
Where a risk assessment is carried out in a Member State to determine the minimum requirements for on-the-spot checks, the frequency of those checks and the minimum number of carcasses to be checked shall be determined on the basis of such risk assessment, particularly taking into account the number of animals slaughtered in the slaughterhouses concerned and the findings during previous on-the-spot checks in these slaughterhouses.
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18. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1184 article 3 (2a and b)
Requirements on-the-spot checks
Where a risk assessment is not carried out in a Member State, on-the-spot checks shall be performed as follows:
(a) in all slaughterhouses which slaughter 150 or more bovine animals aged eight months or more per week as an annual average, at least twice every three months; each on-the-spot check shall relate to at least 40 carcasses selected at random or, if less than 40 carcasses are available, to all carcasses;
(b) in all slaughterhouses which slaughter 500 pigs or more per week as an annual average, at least twice every three months;
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19. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1184 article 3 (2c)
Requirements on-the-spot checks
(c) Member States shall determine the frequency of the on-the-spot checks and the minimum number of carcasses to be checked for slaughterhouses which:
(i) slaughter less than 150 bovine animals aged eight months or more per week as an annual average;
(ii) slaughter less than 500 pigs per week as an annual average;
(iii) carry out sheep carcass classification
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20. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1184 article 3 (2c)
Reports and revoking of licences and approvals
In cases where a significant number of incorrect classifications, presentations or identifications or where the application of automated grading technique failing to comply with the rules is ascertained during the on-the-spot checks provided for in Article 2, the licences or approvals granted to qualified classifiers or automated grading technique as provided for in Article 9 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 may be revoked. In cases of an error on category, conformation or fat cover the body responsible for on-the-spot checks may ask the operator to rectify it on the marking of the carcass and in the documents concerned
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21. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017-1184 article 5
Presentation of carcasses
For carcasses of pigs, bovine animals aged less than eight months and sheep the corrective factors shall be specified by the Member States.
For carcasses of bovine animals aged eight months or more the corrective factors are as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
article 7
Price reporting
Cat E: additional class: U4
article 16
Union Inspection Committee
the application of the Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses;
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