Annexes to COM(2007)129 - Meat and livestock statistics

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dossier COM(2007)129 - Meat and livestock statistics.
document COM(2007)129 EN
date November 19, 2018
ANNEX I

DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1. categories of bovine animals

Annex IIAnnexes IV and V
CalvesBovine animals aged 8 months or under
Young cattleBovine animals aged over 8 but not over 12 months
Calves and young cattle for slaughterCalves and young cattle aged not over 12 months old for slaughter
BullsNon-castrated male bovine animals not included under calves and young cattle
BullocksCastrated male bovine animals not included under calves and young cattle
HeifersFemale bovine animals that have not yet calved and which are not included under calves and young cattleFemale bovine animals that have not yet calved and which are not included under calves and young cattle
Heifers for slaughterHeifers raised for meat production
Other heifersHeifers raised for breeding and intended to replace dairy or other cows
CowsFemale bovine animals that have calved (including any aged under two years)Female bovine animals that have calved
Dairy cowsCows kept exclusively or principally for the production of milk for human consumption and/or for processing into dairy products, including cull cows for slaughter (whether fattened or not between last lactation and slaughter)
Other cowsCows other than dairy cows, possibly including any draught cows

2. categories of sheep

Ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram: females of the ovine species which have already lambed at least once as well as those which have been put to the ram for the first time.

Milk ewes: ewes kept exclusively or principally for the production of milk for human consumption and/or for processing into dairy products, including cast milk sheep (whether fattened or not between last lactation and slaughter).

Other ewes: ewes other than milk ewes.

Lambs: male or female sheep under 12 months old.

3. the term ‘carcass’

(a)for bovine animals means the whole body of a slaughtered animal as presented after bleeding, evisceration and skinning, presented without the head (separated from the carcass at the atloido-occipital joint); without the feet (severed at the carpametacarpal or tarsometatarsal joints); without the organs contained in the thoracic and abdominal cavities with or without the kidneys, the kidney fat and the pelvic fat; and without the sexual organs and the attached muscles and without the udder or the mammary fat;

(b)for pigs means the body of a slaughtered pig, bled and eviscerated, whole or divided down the mid-line, without tongue, bristles, hooves, sexual organs, flare fat, kidneys and diaphragm;

(c)for sheep and goats means the whole body of a slaughtered animal as presented after bleeding, evisceration and skinning, presented without the head (separated at the atloido-occipital joint); without the feet (severed at the carpametacarpal or tarsometatarsal joints); without the tail (severed between the sixth and seventh caudal vertebrae); without the organs contained in the thoracic and abdominal cavities (except the kidneys and kidney fat); and without the udder and sexual organs; the kidneys and kidney fat are part of the carcass;

(d)for poultry means the animal plucked and drawn, without head and feet and without neck, heart, liver and gizzard, known as ‘65 % chicken’, or otherwise presented.

4.The term ‘carcass weight’ means the weight of the cold carcass which, for pigs, notably, is obtained by subtracting 2 % from the weight recorded warm 45 minutes, at the latest, after the pig is bled, and which for cattle is obtained by subtracting 2 % from the weight recorded warm 60 minutes, at the latest, after the animal is bled.


ANNEX II

CATEGORIES OF LIVESTOCK STATISTICS

Bovine animals

—bovine animals aged not over 1 year:

—calves and young cattle for slaughter

—other:

—male

—female

—bovine animals aged over 1 year but under 2 years (except females that have calved):

—male

—female (heifers; animals that have not yet calved):

—animals for slaughter

—other

—bovine animals of 2 years and over:

—male

—female:

—heifers:

—heifers for slaughter

—other

—cows (bovine animals that have calved, including those that are under 2 years old):

—dairy cows

—other

—buffaloes:

—female breeding buffaloes

—other buffaloes

Pigs

—piglets with a live weight of less than 20 kg

—pigs with a live weight of 20 kg or more but less than 50 kg

—fattening pigs, including cull boars and cull sows with a live weight:

—of 50 kg or more but less than 80 kg

—of 80 kg or more but less than 110 kg

—of 110 kg or more

—breeding pigs with a live weight of 50 kg and over:

—boars

—covered sows, of which:

—sows covered for the first time

—other sows, of which:

—gilts not yet covered

Sheep

—ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram:

—milk ewes and milk ewe lambs put to the ram

—other ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram

—other sheep

Goats

—goats which have already kidded and goats which have been mated:

—goats which have already kidded

—goats mated for the first time

—other goats


ANNEX III

PRECISION REQUIREMENTS

In the case of livestock surveys, the sampling errors for the results of each Member State shall not exceed (with a confidence interval of 68 %):

(a)1 % of the total number of bovine animals (5 % where the bovine-animal population is below 1 000 000 head);

(b)1,5 % of the total number of cows (5 % where the cow population is below 500 000 head);

(c)2 % of the total number of pigs (5 % where the pig population is below 1 000 000 head); and

(d)2 % of the total number of sheep and of goats (5 % where the sheep and the goat population is below 1 000 000 head).


ANNEX IV

CATEGORIES OF SLAUGHTERING STATISTICS

Bovine animals

—calves

—young cattle

—heifers

—cows

—bulls

—bullocks

Pigs

No breakdown

Sheep

—lambs

—others

Goats

No breakdown

Poultry

—chickens

—turkeys

—ducks

—others


ANNEX V

CATEGORIES OF MEAT PRODUCTION FORECASTS

Bovine animals

—calves and young cattle

—heifers

—cows

—bulls and bullocks

Pigs

No breakdown

Sheep

No breakdown

Goats

No breakdown