1.The following shall be required to record prices:
(a)the operator of any slaughterhouse which annually slaughters 20 000 or more adult bovine animals reared by it or on its behalf and/or adult bovine animals purchased by it;
(b)the operator of any slaughterhouse which is designated by the Member State and which annually slaughters less than 20 000 adult bovine animals reared by it or on its behalf and/or adult bovine animals purchased by it;
(c)any natural or legal person who sends 10 000 or more adult bovine animals for slaughter annually to a slaughterhouse; and
(d)any natural or legal person who is designated by the Member State and who sends less than 10 000 adult bovine animals for slaughter annually to a slaughterhouse.
The Member State shall ensure that prices are recorded for at least:
(a)25 % of the slaughterings in those of its regions which together cover at least 75 % of the total slaughterings in that Member State; and
(b)30 % of the adult bovine animals slaughtered within its territory.
2.The prices recorded under paragraph 1 shall be those which relate to adult bovine animals slaughtered during the recording period concerned, on the basis of the cold weight of the carcase as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 13(2).
In the case of a slaughterhouse which slaughters adult bovine animals reared by it or on its behalf, the price recorded shall be the average price paid for carcases of the equivalent category and class, slaughtered during the same week in that slaughterhouse.
The prices recorded for each class referred to in Article 14(1) shall indicate the average carcase weight to which they relate and whether or not they have been corrected to take into account each of the elements referred to in Article 13.