
Article 1 
For the purpose of applying the customs duties in the pigmeat sector, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them:
‘carcases or half-carcases’, for the purposes of subheadings 0203 11 10 and 0203 21 10: slaughtered pigs in the form of carcases of domestic swine which have been bled and eviscerated and from which the bristles and hooves have been removed. Half-carcases are derived from whole carcases by division through each cervical dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra, through or along the sternum and through the ischio-pubic symphysis. These carcases and half-carcases may be with or without head, feet, flare fat, kidneys, tail or diaphragm. Half-carcases may be with or without spinal cord, brain or tongue. Carcases and half-carcases of sows may be with or without udders (mammary glands).
Article 2 
Additional note 2.A.(a) in Chapter 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is replaced by the following:
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2.A. 

((a)) “carcases or half-carcases”, for the purposes of subheadings 0203 11 10 and 0203 21 10; slaughtered pigs in the form of carcases of domestic swine which have been bled and eviscerated and from which the bristles and hooves have been removed. Half-carcases are derived from whole carcases by division through each cervical dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra, through or along the sternum and through the ischio-pubic symphysis. These carcases and half-carcases may be with or without head, feet, flare fat, kidneys, tail or diaphragm. Half-carcases may be with or without spinal cord, brain or tongue. Carcases and half-carcases of sows may be with or without udders (mammary glands);
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Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 5 December 1995.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission