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COMMISSION DECISION

OF 22 DECEMBER 1982

LAYING DOWN IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS FOR THE STATISTICAL SURVEYS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY MEMBER STATES ON SHEEP AND GOAT STOCKS

( 82/958/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 82/177/EEC OF 22 MARCH 1982 ON THE STATISTICAL SURVEYS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY MEMBER STATES ON SHEEP AND GOAT STOCKS ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 3 ( 3 ) AND 7 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO CONDUCT SURVEYS , MAKE FORECASTS AND COMPILE STATISTICS ON ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED , IT IS NECESSARY TO DEFINE THE CATEGORIES AND CARCASE WEIGHT REFERRED TO IN DIRECTIVE 82/177/EEC ;

WHEREAS THE STANDING COMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS HAS BEEN CONSULTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE DEFINITIONS OF THE CATEGORIES OF SHEEP AND GOATS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 3 ( 1 ) AND 7 ( 2 ) OF DIRECTIVE 82/177/EEC ARE GIVEN IN ANNEX 1 .

ARTICLE 2

THE DEFINITION OF THE CARCASE WEIGHT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7 ( 1 ) OF DIRECTIVE 82/177/EEC IS GIVEN IN ANNEX 2 .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 DECEMBER 1982 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

RICHARD BURKE

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

( 1 ) OJ NO L 81 , 27 . 3 . 1982 , P . 35 .

ANNEX 1

DEFINITION OF CATEGORIES

THE EWE LAMBS PUT TO THE RAM AND EWES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF DIRECTIVE 82/177/EEC ARE ALL THE FEMALES OF THE OVINE SPECIES WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT TO THE RAM FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THOSE WHICH AT LEAST ONCE HAVE ALREADY LAMBED .

THE NANNY-GOATS AND GOATLINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN MATED OR HAVE ALREADY KIDDED REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF THE SAID DIRECTIVE ARE ALL THE FEMALES OF THE CAPRINE SPECIES WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN MATED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THOSE WHICH HAVE KIDDED AT LEAST ONCE .

MEMBER STATES WHICH DO NOT INCLUDE CAST EWES AND CAST NANNY-GOATS IN THESE CATEGORIES MAY EXCLUDE THEM , ON CONDITION THAT MENTION IS MADE OF THIS WHEN SUBMITTING THE DATA .

THE LAMBS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7 ( 2 ) OF THE SAID DIRECTIVE ARE ALL MALE OR FEMALE SHEEP UNDER 12 MONTHS OLD .

ANNEX 2

THE CARCASE WEIGHT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) OF DIRECTIVE 82/177/EEC IS THE WEIGHT OF THE SLAUGHTERED ANIMAL'S COLD BODY AFTER HAVING BEEN BLED , SKINNED AND EVISCERATED , AND AFTER REMOVAL OF THE HEAD ( SEVERED AT THE ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT ) , OF THE FEET ( SEVERED AT THE CARPO-METACARPAL OR TARSO-METATARSAL JOINTS ) , OF THE TAIL ( SEVERED BETWEEN THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH CAUDAL VERTEBRAE ) , OF THE UDDER AND OF THE GENITALIA .

KIDNEYS AND KIDNEY FATS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CARCASE .