16.12.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 337/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1249/2008 of 10 December 2008 laying down detailed rules on the implementation of the Community scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and the reporting of prices thereof THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, of carcases of adult bovine animals (), (EC) No Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri- cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri- cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 43, point (m) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof, Whereas: In accordance with Article 204(2)(h) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, that Regulation is to apply as regards the Community scales for the carcase classification as from 1 January 2009. Detailed rules for the implementation of those Community scales and the reporting of prices based thereof by the Member States should therefore be adopted and apply from 1 January 2009. Rules on the implementation of the Community scales for the classification of carcases are laid down so far in several acts, and in particular in Commission Regulations (EEC) No 563/82 of 10 March 1982 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 for establishing the market prices of adult bovine animals on the basis of the Community scale for the classification of carcases (3, (EEC) No 2967/85 of 24 October 1985 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Community scale for grading pig carcases (}), (EEC) No 344/91 of 13 February 1991 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regu- lation (EEC) No 1186/90 to extend the scope of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (¥, (EC) No 295/96 of 16 February 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1892/87 as regards the recording of market prices of adult bovine animals, on the basis of the Community scale for the classification of carcases (), (EC) No 103/2006 of 20 January 2006 adopting additional provisions for the application of the Community scale for the classification L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. L 67, 11.3.1982, p. 23. L 285, 25.10.1985, p. 39. L 41, 14.2.1991, p. 15. L 39, 17.2.1996, p. 1. 908/2006 of 20 June 2006 establishing the list of rep- resentative markets for pigmeat in the Community (), (EC) No 11282006 of 24 July 2006 on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcases refers (%), (EC) No 1319/2006 of 5 September 2006 on the exchange between the Member States and the Commission of certain  information  concerning pigmeat (%), (EC) No 710/2008 of 24 July 2008 fixing the weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcases for the 2008/09 marketing year (1%, (EC) No 22/2008 of 11 January 2008 laying down detailed rules for the Community scale for the classification of carcases of ovine animals ('), and in Commission Decision 83[/471[/EEC of 7 September 1983 relating to the Community Inspection Committee on the application of the classification scale for carcases of adult bovine animals ('?). In the interests of clarity and rationality those Regulations and Decision should be replaced by a single act. Article 42(1) of Regulation (EC) No 12342007 provides that Community scales for the classification of carcases of adult bovines and of pigs should apply in accordance with certain rules laid down in Annex V to that Regu- lation, while Member States may also apply a Community scale for the classification of carcases of sheep. Article 42(1), point (a) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the Community scale for the classification of carcases in the beef and veal sector should apply to carcases of adult bovine animals. Point IV(2) of Annex III to that Regulation defines an adult bovine animal in relation to the live weight of the animal. Notwithstanding that definition and in order to ensure a uniform appli- cation, it is appropriate to allow Member States to make the application of the Community scale compulsory for carcases of bovines as of a specific age determined on the basis of the identification and registration system provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and regis- tration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products (). That identification and regis- tration system should also be used for the division of carcases into category A and B as referred to in point A(I) of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. 17, 21.1.2006, p. 6. 168, 21.6.2006, p. 11. 201, 25.7.2006, p. 6. 243, 6.9.2006, p. 3. 197, 25.7.2008, p. 28. 9, 12.1.2008, p. 6. 259, 20.9.1983, p. 30. 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1.