Article 2U.K.Derogations from the compulsory classification of carcasses
1.[F1Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authorities from deciding] that the requirements on classification of carcasses of bovine animals and of pigs, laid down in points A.V and B.II of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, respectively, shall not be compulsory for slaughterhouses which slaughter:
(a)less than 150 bovine animals aged eight months or more per week as an annual average;
(b)less than 500 pigs per week as an annual average.
[F2Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authorities from determining] a lower limit, in particular to ensure the representativeness of price recording as referred to in Article 8(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184.
2.[F3Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authorities from deciding] that the requirements on classification of carcasses of bovine animals and pigs shall not be compulsory:
(a)for carcasses of bovines and pigs owned by the slaughterhouse if no commercial transaction in purchasing these animals takes place;
(b)for carcasses of pigs of clearly defined local breeds or with particular modes of marketing if their anatomical body composition makes the homogeneous and standardised classification of carcasses impossible.
3.[F4Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authorities] that apply classification of sheep carcasses pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 [F5from deciding], based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria, that the requirements on classification of sheep carcasses shall not be compulsory for certain slaughterhouses.
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 2(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 2(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 2(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Art. 2(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 6(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)