[F1Article 4 U.K. Size and composition of a group
1. The size of the group referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 shall be defined:
(a) during the cutting of carcases or quarters, by the number of carcases or quarters cut together and constituting one batch for the cutting plant concerned;
(b) during further cutting or mincing, by the number of carcases or quarters whose meat constitutes one batch for the cutting or mincing plant concerned.
The size of the group may not, in any case, exceed the production of one day.
2. When constituting the batches referred to in paragraph 1, operators shall ensure that:
(a) all carcases or quarters in a batch cut together are of animals born in the same country, raised in the same country or countries and slaughtered in the same country and at the same slaughterhouse;
(b) all carcases from which meat in a batch undergoes further cutting comply with point (a) and must have been cut up at the same cutting plant;
(c) all meat in a batch that undergoes mincing is from animals slaughtered in the same country.
3. By way of derogation from the requirement regarding the same slaughterhouse and the same cutting plant laid down in paragraph 2(b), during the production of cut meat, operators shall be authorised to constitute batches from meat of animals slaughtered at a maximum of three different slaughterhouses and from carcases cut up at a maximum of three different cutting plants.
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 2(b), during the production of trimmings, operators shall, when constituting batches, be required to comply only with the requirement regarding the same country of slaughter.]
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