PART 3BOVINE CARCASES

Competent authority: bovine carcases8

1

The Secretary of State is the competent authority for the purposes of—

a

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

b

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);

c

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

d

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

2

The Secretary of State is responsible for—

a

authorisation of automated grading methods for beef carcases as described in Article 10 of the Commission Delegated Regulation;

b

notifications to the Commission as 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.