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Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 of 21 April 1997 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products · European Union

Whereas before 1 January 2000 the labelling system shall be optional for operators and organizations marketing beef in the sense that operators and organizations wishing to label their beef shall do so in accordance with this Regulation; whereas a compulsory beef-labelling system must be introduced which is obligatory in all Member States from 1 January 2000; whereas this compulsory system shall not exclude the possibility for a Member State to decide to apply the system merely on an optional basis to beef sold in that same Member State; whereas the labelling system provided for in this Regulation shall apply until 31 December 1999; whereas, before 1 January 2000, Member States will be able to choose to make the system compulsory under certain circumstances;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.