Translation of "Tranche de jambon frais " (French → English) :

Addition of an exhaustive list of permitted forms of presentation: whole, whole boned, whole boned and rindless, boneless portion or sliced for the ham; whole, halved or sliced for the noix.

The two tariffs relating to boned loins and hams, fresh, chilled or frozen, coming under CN codes ex 0203 19 55 and ex 0203 29 55 and bearing numbers 09.4038 and 09.4170 and the tariff for pigmeat originating from Canada and bearing number 09.4204, experience of which is still low, should continue to be managed using the simultaneous examination method.

the planned expenditure, broken down by measure and by area of measures, as referred to in Article 5, with details for each 12-month period from the date of approval of the work programme, distinguishing the overheads, which may not exceed 2 % of the total, and the other main types of costs;

Hygrade slices the ham and packs it hermetically in the United Kingdom.

Finally, the Advocate General refers to the fact that, according to the specifications, it is also permissible to sell hams whole for slicing by retailers in another Member State; as a rule the retailers have not been trained in the Parma area and they do not normally slice the ham in front of the customer, who consequently does not notice in the least the certification mark affixed to the ham (whether because of the distance or because the mark is no longer there atall, or only in part, as a large part of the ham has already been sliced up). Similarly, the cheese may be exported whole and grated by consumers themselves.

The ham is purchased from Hygrade Foods Ltd, which is also based in the United Kingdom and which itself buys itfrom an Italian producer who is a member of the Consortium. The ham is imported into the United Kingdom boned but unsliced. It is sliced and hermetically sealed by Hygrade in packets of five slices each.