Section II — VEGETABLE PRODUCTS

1. A. The following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them: (a) 'carcases of bovine animals' (subheadings 0201 10 and 0202 10): whole carcases of the slaughtered animals after having been bled, eviscerated and skinned, imported with or without the heads, with or without the feet and with or without the other offals attached. Where carcases are imported without the heads, the latter must have been separated from the carcase at the atloido-occipital joint. When imported without the feet, the latter must have been cut off at the carpo-metacarpal or tarso-metatarsal joints; 'carcase' includes the front part of the carcase comprising all the bones and the flank, neck and shoulder, having more than 10 pairs of ribs; (b) 'half-carcases of bovine animals' (subheadings 0201 10 and 0202 10): the product obtained by separating the whole carcase symmetrically through the middle of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the middle of the sternum and of the ischio-pubic symphysis; 'half-carcase' includes the front part of the half-carcase comprising all the bones and the flank, neck and shoulder, having more than 10 ribs; (c) 'compensated quarters' (subheadings 0201 20 20 and 0202 20 10): portions composed of either: forequarters comprising all the bones and the flank, neck and shoulder, cut at the 10th rib; and hindquarters comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, cut at the third rib, or: forequarters comprising all the bones and the flank, neck and shoulder, cut at the 5th rib, with the whole of the flank and breast attached; and hindquarters comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, cut at the 8th rib. The forequarters and hindquarters constituting 'compensated quarters' must be presented to customs at the same time and in equal numbers, and the total weight of the forequarters must be equal to that of the hindquarters; however, a difference between the weights of the two parts of the consignment is allowed provided that this does not exceed 5 % of the weight of the heavier part (forequarters or hindquarters); (d) 'unseparated forequarters' (subheadings 0201 20 30 and 0202 20 30): the front part of a carcase comprising all the bones and the flank, neck and shoulder, with a minimum of four pairs of ribs and a maximum of 10 pairs of ribs (the first four pairs of ribs must be whole, the others may be cut), with or without the thin flank; (e) 'separated forequarters' (subheadings 0201 20 30 and 0202 20 30): the front part of a half-carcase comprising all the bones and the flank, neck and shoulder, with a minimum of four ribs and a maximum of 10 ribs (the first four ribs must be whole, the others may be cut), with or without the thin flank; (f) 'unseparated hindquarters' (subheadings 0201 20 50 and 0202 20 50): the rear part of a carcase comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, including the fillet, with a minimum of three pairs of whole or cut ribs, with or without the shank and with or without the thin flank; (g) 'separated hindquarters' (subheadings 0201 20 50 and 0202 20 50): the rear part of a half-carcase comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, including the fillet, with a minimum of three whole or cut ribs, with or without the shank and with or without the thin flank.