1. These Regulations may be cited as the Carcase Classification and Price Reporting (England) Regulations 2018; they apply in England and come into force on 3rd December 2018.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 2010 Regulations” means the Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (England) Regulations 2010(1);
“adult bovine animal” means a bovine animal aged eight months or more;
“approved slaughterhouse” means an establishment used for slaughtering pigs or adult bovine animals, the meat of which is intended for human consumption and which is approved or conditionally approved under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin(2);
“authorised officer” means a person authorised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of these Regulations, but does not include a person appointed for the purpose of considering an appeal under regulation 11;
“bovine carcase” means a carcase or half-carcase of a slaughtered adult bovine animal bearing a health mark provided for in Article 5(2) of, and Chapter III of Section 1 of Annex 1 to, Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption(3); and in this definition—
“carcase” means the whole body of a slaughtered animal as presented after bleeding, evisceration and skinning, and
“half-carcase” means the product obtained by separating the carcase symmetrically through the middle of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the middle of the sternum and ischiopubic symphysis;
“classification” means—
the classification of bovine carcases in accordance with the European beef provisions, or
the classification of pig carcases in accordance with the European pig provisions and with regulation 15,
as the case may be and cognate terms are to be construed accordingly;
“clean pig” means a pig which has not been used for breeding;
“Commission Delegated Regulation” means Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and as regards the reporting of market prices of certain categories of carcases and live animals;
“Commission Implementing Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and as regards the reporting of market prices of certain categories of carcases and live animals;
“European beef provision” means a provision which is specified in column 2 of Schedule 1, the subject matter of which is described in column 3 of that Schedule;
“European pig provision” means a provision which is specified in column 2 of Schedule 2, the subject matter of which is described in column 3 of that Schedule;
“operator” means a person carrying on the business of an approved slaughterhouse;
“pig carcase” means the body of a slaughtered clean pig, bled and eviscerated, whole or divided down the mid-line;
“prescribed communication” means a communication of the results of the classification as required by Article 1 of the Commission Implementing Regulation; and
“Regulation (EU) 2013” means Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products.
(2) Other terms used in these Regulations that are also used in Regulation (EU) 2013, the Commission Delegated Regulation or the Commission Implementing Regulation have the meaning they bear in those Regulations.
(3) In these Regulations, any reference to—
(a)Regulation (EU) 2013,
(b)the Commission Delegated Regulation, or
(c)the Commission Implementing Regulation,
is to be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.
3. Any notice, licence, approval or authorisation, given or granted under the 2010 Regulations and which has effect at the coming into force of these Regulations remains in force as if it were given or granted under these Regulations.
4.—(1) The Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 2014(4) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In Schedule 1 (the SCMO Regulations), for “Commission Regulation 1249/2008 laying down detailed rules on the implementation of the Community scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and the reporting of prices thereof” substitute the following at the appropriate place—
“Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and as regards the reporting of market prices of certain categories of carcases and live animals”; and
“Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and as regards the reporting of market prices of certain categories of carcases and live animals”.
5. The following are revoked—
(a)the Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (England) Regulations 2010;
(b)regulation 2 of the Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013(5); and
(c)regulation 28 of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018(6).
S.I. 2010/1090, amended by S.I. 2013/3235 and S.I. 2018/575.
OJ No L139, 30.4.2004, p 55, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1981 (OJ No L285, 1.11.2017, p 10).
OJ No L 139, 30.4.2004, p 206, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2285 (OJ No L323, 9.12.2015, p 2).
S.I. 2014/3263, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.