Commission Regulation (EC) N° 1825/2000 of 25 August lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) N° 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the labelling of beef and beef products. From January 2002, in order to give the consumers more detailed information on the beef on sale, the beef label will have to include in addition to the place of fattening, slaughtering and cutting also precise information about where the animal was born and reared.