ANNEX IIPRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE HEALTH MARK IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 48

1.The health mark must be an oval mark at least 6,5 cm wide by 4,5 cm high bearing the following information in perfectly legible characters:

  1. (a)

    the name of the country in which the establishment is located, which may be written out in full in capitals or shown as a two-letter code in accordance with the relevant ISO code. In the case of Member States, however, these codes are BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, GR, ES, FR, HR, IT, CY, LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, NL, AT, PL, PT, RO, SI, SK, FI, SE and UK;

  2. (b)

    the approval number of the slaughterhouse; and

  3. (c)

    (when the mark is applied in an establishment located in the Union) the abbreviation CE, EC, EF, EG, EK, EO, EY, ES, EÜ, EB, EZ, KE or WE. Those abbreviations must not appear on marks applied on meat imported into the Union from slaughterhouses located outside the Union.

2.

Letters must be at least 0,8 cm high and figures at least 1 cm high. The dimensions of the characters and the mark may be reduced for the health marking of lamb, kids and piglets.

3.

The ink used for health marking must be authorised in accordance with Union rules on the use of colouring substances in foodstuffs.

4.

The health mark may also include an indication of the official veterinarian who carried out the health inspection of the meat.