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PART 4PIG CARCASES

Competent authority: pig carcases

14.—(1) The Department is the competent authority for the purposes of—

(a)Article 7(4) of the Commission Delegated Regulation;

(b)Article 12(2)(b) of the Commission Delegated Regulation (additional provisions on classification by automated grading techniques);

(c)Articles 13 and 14 of the Commission Delegated Regulation and Article 14 of the Commission Implementing Regulation (reporting of market prices and calculation of average price per class);

(d)Article 17(2) of the Commission Delegated Regulation (supplementary provisions for reporting of market prices for carcases);

(e)Article 4(1) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (making and keeping reports for on-the-spot checks).

(2) The Department is responsible for-

(a)authorisation of automated grading methods for pig carcases as described in Article 11 of the Commission Delegated Regulation;

(b)notifications to the Commission described in Article 25 of the Commission Delegated Regulation;

(c)on-the-spot checks as described in Articles 2 and 3 of the Commission Implementing Regulation.