Pig Carcase (Grading) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 2949 of 2003)

The Pig Carcase (Grading) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk43714.htm[16.01.2025 11:44:01] Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 2949 The Pig Carcase (Grading) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 © Crown Copyright 2003 Statutory Instruments printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament. The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users. It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Queen's Printer imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Statutory Instrument which are issued or made available to the public. This includes reproduction of the Statutory Instrument on the Internet and on intranet sites. 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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2003 No. 2949 AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND The Pig Carcase (Grading) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 Made 17th November 2003 Laid before Parliament 18th November 2003 Coming into force 12th December 2003 The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated[1] for the purposes of file:///bookstore.htm?AF=A10075&FO=38383&Action=AddItem&ProductID=0110482050 mailto:customer.services@tso.co.uk http://www.hmso.gov.uk/faqs.htm The Pig Carcase (Grading) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk43714.htm[16.01.2025 11:44:01] section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[2] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by that section, makes the following Regulations: Title, commencement and application 1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pig Carcase (Grading) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 12th December 2003. (2) These Regulations apply to England only. Amendment to the Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations 1994 2. In regulation 2(1) of the Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations 1994[3] there shall be substituted for the definition of "the Commission Decision" the following definition " "the Commission Decision" means Commission Decision 88/234/EEC[4] authorising methods for grading pig carcases in the United Kingdom as amended by Commission Decision 88/478/EEC[5], Commission Decision 92/557/EEC[6], Commission Decision 93/445/EEC[7], Commission Decision 94/336/EC[8] and Commission Decision 2003/750/EC[9]." Whitty Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 17th November 2003 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations, which extend to England only, amend the provisions of the Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations 1994. The 1994 Regulations provide for the administration and enforcement of the Community system of grading pig carcases established by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3220/84 (OJ No. L301, 20.11.84 p. 1) as amended, the detailed rules for which are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2976/85 (OJ No. L285, 25.10.85, p. 39) and Commission Decision 88/234/EEC (OJ No. L105, 26.4.88, p. 15), as amended. These Regulations, by adding a reference to a new Commission Decision (Commission Decision 2003/750/EC (OJ No. L271, 22.10.2003, p. 24)) authorise a new method of grading the composition of pig carcases by using the apparatus known as "fully automatic ultrasonic carcase grading" ("AUTOFOM") and withdraw authorisation for use of the apparatus known as "Ultra-FOM". Use of AUTOFOM is in addition to the other methods specified in Commission Decision 88/234/EEC, as amended. No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been produced for these Regulations. The Pig Carcase (Grading) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk43714.htm[16.01.2025 11:44:01] Other UK SIs | Home | National Assembly for Wales Statutory Instruments | Scottish Statutory Instruments | Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland | Her Majesty's Stationery Office We welcome your comments on this site © Crown copyright 2003 Prepared 28 November 2003 Notes: [1] S.I. 1972/1811.back [2] 1972 c. 68.back [3] S.I. 1994/2155.back [4] OJ No. L105, 26.4.88 p. 15.back [5] OJ No. L234, 24.8.88 p. 17.back [6] OJ No. L358, 8.12.92 p. 22.back [7] OJ No. L208, 19.8.93 p. 36.back [8] OJ No. L150, 16.6.94 p. 34.back [9] OJ No. L271, 22.10.2003 p. 24.back ISBN 0 11 048205 0 file:///stat.htm file:/// http://www.wales-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/wales/w-stat.htm http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/s-stat.htm http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/s-stat.htm http://www.northernireland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/northernireland/ni-srni.htm http://www.hmso.gov.uk/ http://www.hmso.gov.uk/hmsoform.htm