17. 7. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 198/31 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1980/92 of 16 July 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultrymeat THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, ' Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 of 26 June 1990 on certain marketing standards for poul- trymeat (), and in particular Article 3 (3) and 9 thereof, Whereas Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 (%, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 315/92(%), lays down the detailed rules for the optional classification of frozen and quick-frozen poultry- meat by weight categories ; Whereas these provisions should be modified in order to take account of current trade practices regarding the marketing of heavier carcases in certain Member States and to allow the continuation of weight indication in imperial units until 31 December 1994 for products marketed in the United Kingdom; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 is hereby replaced by the following : ‘Article 8 1. Prepackaged frozen or quick frozen poultrymeat may be classified by weight category in accordance with Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 in prepackages within the meaning of Article 2 of Directive 76/211/EEC. These prepackages may be : — prepackages containing one poultry carcase, or — prepackages containing one or several poultry cuts of the same type and species, () OJ No L 173, 6. 7. 1990, p. 1. () OJ No L 143, 7. 6. 1991, p. 11. () OJ No L 34, 11. 2. 1992, p. 23. as defined in Article 1. 2. All prepackages shall in accordance with para-. graphs 3 and 4 bear an indication of the weight of the product known as ‘nominal weight' which they are required to contain. 3. Prepackages of frozen or quick-frozen poultry- meat may by classified by categories of nominal weights as follows : — (carcases : — <1100 g: classes of 50 g (1050 — 1000 — 950 etc), : — 1100- <2400 g: classes of 100 g (1100 — 1200 — 1300 etc), — 22400 g: classes of 200 g (2400 — 2600 — 2800 etc.), — cuts: — <1100 g: classes of 50 g (1050 — 1000 — 950 etc.), — 21100 g: classes of 100 g (1100 — 1200 — 1300 etc.). 4.  Prepackages referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made up in such a way that they satisfy the following requirements : — the actual contents shall not be less, on average, than the nominal weight, — the proportion of prepackages having a negative error greater than the tolerable negative error laid down in paragraph 9 shall be sufficiently small for batches of prepackages to satisfy the requirements of the tests specified in paragraph 10, — no prepackage having a negative error greater than twice the tolerable negative error given in para- graph 9 shall be marketed. The definitions of nominal weight, actual content and negative error laid down in Annex I to Directive 76/211/EEC shall apply to this Regulation. 5. Regarding responsibility of the packer or importer of frozen or quick-frozen poultrymeat and checks to be carried out by competent authorities, points 4,5 and 6 of Annex I to Directive 76/211/EEC apply mutatis mutandsis.