I.Cartons
1.Cartons shall correspond to commercial standards and weight and be strong enough to be pallet-stacked.
2.Cartons used may not show the name of the slaughterhouse or cutting plant from which the products come.
3.Cartons must be weighed individually after being filled; cartons filled with a weight fixed in advance are not authorised.
4.The net weight of cuts per carton may not exceed 30 kg.
5.Only cuts of the same designation identified by their full name or by the Community code and coming from the same category of animal may be placed in the same carton; cartons may not contain any pieces of fat or other trimming under any circumstances.
6.Cartons must bear the following seals:
intervention agency labels on both ends,
official veterinary inspection labels in the middle of front and back, but only on the front in the case of monobloc boxes.
Such labels must bear a serial number and be affixed in such a way that they are destroyed when the carton is opened.