http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/543/article/2Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 of 16 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultrymeatCommission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 of 16 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultrymeatKing's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02008R0543-20130701texttext/xmlen2026-01-06Expert Participation2025-11-21 Article 2For the purposes of this Regulation:a‘carcase’ means the whole body of a bird of the species referred to in Article 1(1) after bleeding, plucking and evisceration; however, removal of the kidneys shall be optional; an eviscerated carcase may be presented for sale with or without giblets, meaning heart, liver, gizzard and neck, inserted into the abdominal cavity;b‘cuts thereof’ means poultry meat which owing to the size and the characteristics of the coherent muscle tissue is identifiable as having been obtained from a particular part of the carcase;(c)‘pre-packaged poultry meat’ means poultry meat presented in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 2(2)(e) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011;d‘poultry meat without pre-packaging’ means poultry meat presented for sale to the final consumer without pre-packaging or else packed at the place of sale at the latter’s request;e‘marketing’ means holding or displaying for sale, offering for sale, selling, delivery or any other form of marketing;f‘batch’ means poultry meat of the same species and type, the same class, the same production run, from the same slaughterhouse or cutting plant, situated in the same place, which is to be inspected. For the purposes of Article 9 and Annexes V and VI, a batch shall only comprise pre-packages of the same nominal weight category;g‘third country’ means any country or territory other than—ithe United Kingdom,iithe Bailiwick of Guernsey,iiithe Bailiwick of Jersey, orivthe Isle of Man;h‘relevant authority’ means:iin relation to England, the Secretary of State,iiin relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers,iiiin relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;i‘national reference laboratory’ means a laboratory designated in accordance with Article 100 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.Words in Art. 2(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 8(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Art. 2(g)(h)(i) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 8(3)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1453, regs. 1(2)(b), 14(18)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)