The title of these Regulations is the Carcase Classification and Price Reporting (Wales) Regulations 2018.

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

These Regulations come into force on 14th December 2018.

In these Regulations—

• “the 2011 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2011”) means the Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Wales) Regulations 2011 F1;

• “adult bovine animal” (“anifail buchol llawn-dwf”) means a bovine animal aged eight months or more;

• “approved slaughterhouse” (“lladd-dy cymeradwy”) means an establishment used for slaughtering adult bovine animals or pigs, 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 F2;

• “authorised officer” (“swyddog awdurdodedig”) means a person authorised by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of these Regulations, but does not include a person appointed for the purpose of considering an appeal under regulation 10;

• “bovine carcase” (“carcas buchol”) means a carcase or half-carcase of a slaughtered adult bovine animal bearing a health mark F7as defined in Article 3(51) of Regulation EU 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products; and in this definition—

  1. a

     “carcase” means the whole body of a slaughtered animal as presented after bleeding, evisceration and skinning, and

  2. b

     “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” (“dosbarthu”) means—

  1. a

     the classification of bovine carcases in accordance with the F8retained EU beef provisions, or

  2. b

     the classification of pig carcases in accordance with the F8retained EU pig provisions and with regulation 14,

  as the case may be and cognate terms are to be construed accordingly;

• “clean pig” (“mochyn glân”) means a pig which has not been used for breeding;

• “Commission Delegated Regulation” (“Rheoliad Dirprwyedig y Comisiwn”) means Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 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 of live animals F3;

• “Commission Implementing Regulation” (“Rheoliad Gweithredu'r Comisiwn”) means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 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 F4;

• F9“retained EU beef provision” (“darpariaeth eidion yr UE a ddargedwir”) 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;

• F10“retained EU pig provision” (“darpariaeth moch yr UE a ddargedwir”) 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” (“gweithredwr”) means a person carrying on the business of an approved slaughterhouse;

• “pig carcase” (“carcas mochyn”) means the body of a slaughtered clean pig, bled and eviscerated, whole or divided down the mid-line;

• “prescribed communication” (“cyfathrebiad rhagnodedig”) means a communication of the results of the classification as required by Article 1 of the Commission Implementing Regulation;

• “Regulation (EU) 2013” (“Rheoliad (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. F5

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.