This Regulation sets the procedure for the classification of bovine, pork/swine and sheep carcases and meat, including the correct and controlled manner and procedure for their processing and marking. These rules are further intended for all bovine meat if deriving form animals with less than one year (1 months) of age; for all imports of such meat from third countries; control over the performance of above mentioned task.
This text also ensures the implementation of rules contained in the following documents: Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organization of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007; 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; and 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. The competent national institution (Ministry in this case) shall inform the European Commission of all relevant data in accordance with the provisions of Delegated Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1182, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 566/2008 by means of communication tools made available by the European Commission.
Annexes 1-5 are also part of this publication (several related technical sheets and information; calculation formulas).