1.Member States whose sheepmeat production exceeds 200 tonnes per year shall communicate to the Commission the confidential list of the slaughterhouses or other establishments participating for the establishment of prices according to the Community scale (hereinafter ‘participating establishment’) together with an indication of the approximate annual throughput of these participating establishments.
2.In accordance with Article 36, the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall communicate to the Commission the average price for each quality of lamb within the Community scales for all participation establishments, together with an indication of the size of each quality. However, where a quality makes up less than 1 % of the total, prices need not to be reported. Member States shall also communicate to the Commission the average price on a weight basis for all classified lamb in each scale used for price reporting purposes.
However, Member States are authorised to subdivide price reported for each of the classes of conformation and degrees of fat cover provided for in paragraph 1 of point C(III) of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 on the basis of weight. The term ‘quality’ shall mean the combination of class of conformation and of fat cover.