COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 14 August 2013
amending Decision 2010/642/EU authorising a method for grading pig carcases in Greece and repealing Decision 89/449/EEC authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Greece
(notified under document C(2013) 5302)
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(2013/437/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 43(m), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
By Commission Decision 89/449/EEC (2), the use of three methods for grading pig carcases in Greece was authorised. Greece has informed the Commission that since the adoption of that Decision the grading methods have evolved considerably and changes in the pig population were recorded. Therefore the three methods authorised by that Decision cannot be used anymore.
(2)
By Commission Decision 2010/642/EU (3), the use of one method for grading dehided pig carcases in Greece was authorised.
(3)
Greece has elaborated two new, up-to-date grading methods and has requested the Commission to authorise those two new methods for grading pig carcases on its territory and has presented a detailed description of the dissection trial, indicating the principles on which those methods are based, the results of its dissection trial and the equations used for assessing the percentage of lean meat in the protocol provided for in Article 23(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 (4).
(4)
Examination of that request has revealed that the conditions for authorising those grading methods are fulfilled. Those grading methods should therefore be authorised in Greece.
(5)
Decision 2010/642/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6)
Decision 89/449/EEC should be repealed.
(7)
Modifications of the apparatus or grading methods should not be allowed, unless they are explicitly authorised by Commission Decision.
(8)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2010/642/EU is amended as follows:
(1)
Article 1 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
1. For grading pig carcases presented in accordance with the first paragraph of point B.III of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 the use of the following method is authorised in Greece, pursuant to paragraph 1 of point B.IV of that Annex: the “OptiScan-TP” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part I of the Annex to this Decision.
2. For grading dehided pig carcases the use of the following methods is authorised in Greece pursuant to paragraph 1 of point B.IV of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007:
(a)
the “OptiScan-TP” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part I of the Annex to this Decision;
(b)
the “Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 4)” apparatus and the assessment method related thereto, details of which are given in Part II of the Annex to this Decision.’;
(2)
the Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
Decision 89/449/EEC is repealed.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
Done at Brussels, 14 August 2013.