Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/343 of 6 October 2025 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards marketing standards for poultrymeat, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008

• (2) in cases where carcases are chilled with another chilling method or a combination of two or more of the methods defined in Article 9, the maximum percentage of water content shall not exceed 0 % of the original weight of the carcase.

ANNEX X

Indications referred to in Article 14(4)

• — in Bulgarian: Съдържанието на вода превишава нормите на ЕC

• — in Spanish: Contenido en agua superior al límite UE

• — in Czech: Obsah vody překračuje limit EU

• — in Danish: Vandindhold overstiger EU-Normen

• — in German: Wassergehalt über dem EU-Höchstwert

• — in Estonian: Veesisaldus ületab EL normi

• — in Greek: Περιεκτικότητα σε νερό ανώτερη του ορίου ΕΕ

• — in English: Water content exceeds EU limit

• — in French: Teneur en eau supérieure à la limite UE

• — in Croatian: Sadržaj vode prelazi ograničenje EU

• — in Italian: Tenore d’acqua superiore al limite UE

• — in Latvian: Ūdens saturs pārsniedz ES noteikto normu

• — in Lithuanian: Vandens kiekis viršija ES nustatytą ribą

• — in Hungarian: Víztartalom meghaladja az EU által előírt határértéket

• — in Maltese: Il-kontenut ta’ l-ilma superjuri għal-limitu UE

• — in Dutch: Watergehalte hoger dan het EU-maximum

• — in Polish: Zawartość wody przekracza normę UE

• — in Portuguese: Teor de água superior ao limite UE

• — in Romanian: Conținutul de apă depășește limita UE

• — in Slovak: Obsah vody presahuje limit EU

• — in Slovenian: Vsebnost vode presega EU omejitev

• — in Finnish: Vesipitoisuus ylittää EU-normin

• — in Swedish: Vattenhalten överstiger den halt som är tillåten inom EU

ANNEX XI

Tasks and organisational structure of the board of experts in monitoring water content in poultrymeat referred to in Article 16

The board of experts shall be responsible for the following tasks:

• (a) supplying information on analytical methods and comparative testing regarding the water content of poultrymeat to the national reference laboratories;

• (b) coordinating the application by the national reference laboratories of the methods referred to in point (a), by organising comparative testing, and proficiency testing in particular;

• (c) supporting the national reference laboratories in proficiency testing by providing scientific support for statistical data evaluation and reporting;

• (d) coordinating the development of new analytical methods and informing the national reference laboratories of progress made in this area;

• (e) providing scientific and technical assistance to the Commission, especially in cases where the results of analyses are contested between Member States.

The board of experts shall be organised as follows:

The board of experts in monitoring water content in poultrymeat shall consist of representatives of the Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC) – Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development and of three national reference laboratories. The representative of IRMM shall act as the chairperson of the board and shall appoint the national reference laboratories on a rotational basis. The Member State authority responsible for the national reference laboratory selected shall subsequently appoint individual experts in monitoring water content in food to serve on the board. Through annual rotation, one participating national reference laboratory shall be replaced at a time, so as to ensure a degree of continuity on the board. Expenses incurred by the Member States’ experts and/or the national reference laboratories in the exercise of their functions referred to in the first paragraph shall be borne by the respective Member States.

ANNEX XII

Correlation table referred to in Article 17

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2026/343/oj

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