Consolidated TEXT: 31996R1000 — EN — 06.11.1996

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1000/96

of 4 June 1996

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultry

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 of 26 June 1990 on certain marketing standards for poultry ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3204/93 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 ( 3 ), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 205/96 ( 4 ), introduces detailed rules for implementing the marketing standards for poultry;

Whereas, in the light of the experience gained, the definition of a capon and the criteria relating to it in Annex IV of Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 should be amended;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 is amended as follows:

1. In Article 1 (1) (a) the third indent is replaced by the following:

‘— capon: male fowl castrated surgically before reaching sexual maturity and slaughtered at a minimum age of 140 days: after castration the capons must be fattened for at least 77 days.’

2. Annex IV is amended as follows:

— the second indent in the second indent of point (c) is replaced by the following:

—

‘— 2 m2 per duck or per capon’

— ,

— the second indent in the last indent of point (d) is replaced by the following:

—

‘— for capons: four weeks’

— .

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 March 1997.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

( 1 ) OJ No L 173, 6. 7. 1990, p. 1.

( 2 ) OJ No L 289, 24. 11. 1993, p. 3.

( 3 ) OJ No L 143, 7. 6. 1991, p. 11.

( 4 ) OJ No L 27, 3. 2. 1996, p. 6.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1000/96 of 4 June 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultry

Modified by

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2067/96 of 29 October 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1000/96 as regards certain marketing standards for poultrymeat