5.8.93 Official Journal of the European Communities . : No L 196/17 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2191/93 of 27 July 1993 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 344/91 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 1186/90 to extend the scope of the - Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, - the competent national authorities ; the letters and figures must be not less than two centimetres in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European ‘ height.’; Economic Community, : (b) the last sentence of the second subparagraph of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1186/90 paragraph 1 is replaced by the following : of 7 May 1990 extending the scope of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (), and in particular Article 2 thereof, ‘However, Member States may determine other positions on each quarter provided such positions are on the outside surface of the carcase and provided they inform the Commission before- Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 344/91 of hand. - 13 February 1991 laying down detailed rules for appliying Council Regulation (EEC) No 1186/90 of 7 May 1990 © extending the scope of the Community scale for the clas- sification of carcases of adult bovine animals(?), as the first sentence of the first subparagraph of para- graph 2 is replaced by the following: amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3087/91 (%), lays down ‘2. Without prejudice to Article 4 (3) (c) and (d) rules for the identification of carcases and half-carcases ; of Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 and Atticle 2 (2) of whereas, in the light of experience, those rules should be Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3445/90 (), supplemented by rules concerning the positions to be Member States may authorize remplacement of the used, the time of identification and identification checks, - marking by the use of labels under the following the maintenance of identification in intra-Community conditions : trade, the symbols to be used for sub-classes and the break-down of categories ; whereas, in addition, the rules to be complied with in communicating the results of the () OJ No L 333, 30. 11. 1990, p. 30."; classification to the supplier of the animals or to the d ;hlel fm.u-th- indent of paragraph 2 is replaced by the person responsible for the slaughtering operations should oflowing : be specified in order to justify the price of the carcases ‘ the labels msut be tamper-proof, tear-resistant and to encourage the producers to promote the quality of and firmly attached to each quarter in the the animals delivered by striving for a higher classifica- places defined in paragraph 1.; tion ; (e) the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are S22 in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, 2a.  Classification and identification must take place not later than one hour after the commence- ment of slaughter operations’; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 4] t:l;e following subparagraph is added to paragraph 4 ‘In particular, Member States shall take appropriate Article 1 steps to ensure that this provision is compiled with in intra-Community trade.’; Having regard to Council Regulatlon (EEC) No 344/91 is hereby amended as follows: - (g) the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 4: 1. in Article 1: ‘The indication of sub-classes or, where necessary, (a) the first sentence of the second subpz'uagraph of the break-down of categories by age shall be by paragraph 1 is replaced by the following : means of symbols other than those used for classi- fication.”; “This marking shall be carried out by stam}:;ing on the outside surface of the carcase using an indelible . t and non-toxic ink following a method approved by the following paragraph is added: ~— ‘5. For the purpose of communicating the classi- P rarea— . fication results referred to in Article 1 (2) of Regu- Y OJ No L 119, 11.°5. 1990, p. 32. . 8 o:l] Ng L 41, 14. 2. 1991, p? 15. lation (EEC) No 1186/90, the classes of conforma- () OJ No L 291, 23. 10. 1991, p. 15. tion and fat cover as well as the category shall be