Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 (repealed)Dangos y teitl llawn

Article 14 Categories and classes for recording of market prices

1. National and Community recording of market prices on the basis of the Community classification scale referred to in Article 42(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be carried out each week and shall relate to the following conformation and fat cover classes for the five categories specified in point A(II) of Annex V to that Regulation:

(a) carcases of uncastrated young male animals of less than two years of age: U2, U3, R2, R3, O2, O3;

(b) carcases of other uncastrated male animals: R3;

(c) carcases of castrated male animals: U2, U3, U4, R3, R4, O3, O4;

(d) carcases of female animals that have calved: R3, R4, O2, O3, O4, P2, P3;

(e) carcases of other female animals: U2, U3, R2, R3, R4, O2, O3, O4.

2. Member States shall decide whether their territory is to comprise a single region or whether to divide it into more than one region. This decision shall be taken on the basis of:

(a) the size of their territory;

(b) the existence, if any, of administrative divisions;

(c) geographical variations in prices.

However, the United Kingdom shall comprise at least two regions, namely Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which may be subdivided on the basis of the criteria referred to in the first subparagraph.