Commission Regulation (EC) No 315/2002 of 20 February 2002 on the survey of prices of fresh or chilled sheep carcasses on representative markets in the Community
Modified by
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185of 20 April 2017laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards notifications to the Commission of information and documents and amending and repealing several Commission Regulations(Text with EEA relevance), 32017R1185, July 4, 2017
Commission Regulation (EC) No 315/2002of 20 February 2002on the survey of prices of fresh or chilled sheep carcasses on representative markets in the CommunityArticle 11.Member States whose sheep meat production exceeds 200 tonnes per year shall communicate to the Commission, each Thursday at the latest, the prices of fresh or chilled carcasses of lambs and ewes.2.The prices shall be those recorded in the quotation areas referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of Member States that fulfil the requirements set out in paragraph 1. They shall be wholesale prices recorded by those Member States on the representative market or markets during the week preceding the week in which the information is given. The representative market or markets shall be determined by the Member States mentioned above. The prices shall be calculated on the basis of market prices, ex value added tax.Article 21.Market prices shall be recorded in respect of the "carcass weight" within the meaning of Decision 94/434/EC.Where prices are recorded according to different categories of carcass the price on the representative market shall be equal to the average, weighted by coefficients fixed by Member States to reflect the relative importance of each category, of the prices recorded for the said categories during a seven-day period at the wholesale stage.2.In the case of lamb carcasses weighing up to 16 kilograms, and in accordance with normal commercial practice, prices may be recorded before evisceration and removal of the head.Where prices are recorded on a liveweight basis, the prices per kilogram liveweight shall be divided by a maximum conversion coefficient of 0,5. However, where normal practice is to include head and offals with the carcass, for lambs weighing up to 28 kilograms liveweight the Member States may fix a higher coefficient.In regions where price recording is based on the individual assessment of the weight of lamb carcasses, the conversion shall be based on that assessment.Article 31.Where markets are held more than once during the seven-day period referred to in Article 2(1), the price of each category shall be the arithmetical average of the quotations recorded during each market.2.Where there are several representative markets in a quotation area the price for that quotation area shall be the average of the prices recorded on the said markets, weighted by coefficients fixed by the Member States to reflect the relative importance of each market or of each category.3.However, where no information is available the prices on the representative markets of that Member State shall be determined by reference in particular to the last prices known.Article 4Member States shall notify the Commission by 1 March 2002 of:(a)the representative markets of each quotation area;(b)the categories of lamb carcasses;(c)the weighting and conversion coefficients referred to in Articles 2 and 3.Member States shall notify the Commission of any changes in the arrangements within a period of one month after any such changes.Article 5Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 is hereby repealed.Article 6This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.