COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 12 July 2012
amending Decision 2009/11/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Spain
(notified under document C(2012) 4711)
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(2012/384/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 2009/11/EC (2), the use of four methods for grading pig carcasses in Spain was authorised.
(2)
Spain has stated that due to new technological developments and the development of new versions of two devices authorised in Spain it is necessary to calibrate those new devices in order to obtain new formulas for their use in Spain.
(3)
In a significant group of slaughterhouses in Spain the number of slaughters does not exceed 500 pigs per week on yearly average basis. A method for pig carcass classification appropriate to their slaughter capacity is therefore needed.
(4)
Spain has requested the Commission to authorise three new methods for grading pig carcasses 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 of 10 December 2008 laying down detailed rules on the implementation of the Community scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses and the reporting of prices thereof (3).
(5)
Examination of that request has revealed that the conditions for authorising those grading methods are fulfilled. Those grading methods should therefore be authorised in Spain.
(6)
Decision 2009/11/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7)
Modifications of the apparatus or grading methods should not be allowed, unless they are explicitly authorised by Commission Implementing 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 2009/11/EC is amended as follows:
(1)
Article 1 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
The use of the following methods is authorised for grading pig carcasses pursuant to point 1 of Section B.IV of Annex V to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (4) in Spain:
(a)
the “Fat-O-Meat’er (FOM)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the Annex;
(b)
the “Fully automatic ultrasonic carcase grading (Autofom)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 2 of the Annex;
(c)
the “Ultrafom 300” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 3 of the Annex;
(d)
the “Automatic vision system (VCS2000)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 4 of the Annex;
(e)
the “Fat-O-Meat’er II (FOM II)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 5 of the Annex;
(f)
the “AutoFOM III” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 6 of the Annex;
(g)
the “manual method (ZP)” with a ruler and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 7 of the Annex.
The manual method ZP with a ruler, referred to in point (g) of the first paragraph, shall only be authorised for abattoirs:
(a)
where the number of slaughters does not exceed 500 pigs per week on yearly average basis; and
(b)
having a slaughter line with a capacity to process no more than 40 pigs per hour.
(2)
the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
Done at Brussels, 12 July 2012.