COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 16 August 2011
amending Decision 2005/240/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Poland
(notified under document C(2011) 5745)
(Only the Polish text is authentic)
(2011/506/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 2005/240/EC (2), the use of four methods for grading pig carcasses in Poland was authorised.
(2)
Poland has stated that since the adoption of Decision 2005/240/EC the slaughter value of the fatteners in Poland has improved considerably. It is therefore necessary to update the formula of the methods after nearly 6 years of use since their approval and to obtain and use new, up-to-date grading methods with a view to increasing competition as well as to introduce cheaper grading methods.
(3)
Poland has requested the Commission to authorise the replacement of the formula used in the ‘CAPTEUR GRAS/MAIGRE - SYDEL (CGM)’, ‘ULTRA FOM 300’, ‘FULLY AUTOMATIC ULTRASONIC CARCASE GRADING (AUTOFOM)’ and ‘IM-03’, methods of grading pig carcasses as well as to authorise four new methods for grading pig carcasses on its territory and has presented a detailed description of the dissection trial, indicating the principles on which that method is 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).
(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 Poland.
(5)
Decision 2005/240/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6)
Modifications of the apparatus or grading methods should not be allowed, unless they are explicitly authorised by Commission Decision.
(7)
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 2005/240/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 Poland:
(a)
the “Capteur Gras/Maigre - Sydel (CGM)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the Annex;
(b)
the “Ultra FOM 300” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 2 of the Annex;
(c)
the “Fully automatic ultrasonic carcass grading (Autofom)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 3 of the Annex;
(d)
the “IM-03” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 4 of the Annex;
(e)
the “Autofom III” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 5 of the Annex;
(f)
the “CSB Image-Meater (CSB)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 6 of the Annex;
(g)
the “Fat-O-Meater II (FOM II)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 7 of the Annex;
(h)
the “manual method (ZP)” and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 8 of the Annex.
As regards the apparatus “Ultra FOM 300”, referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph, after the end of the measurement procedure it must be possible to verify on the carcass that the apparatus measured the values of measurement F1 and F2 on the site provided for in the Annex, Part 2, point 3. The corresponding marking of the measurement site must be made at the same time as the measurement procedure.
The manual method ZP, referred to in point (h) of the first subparagraph, shall only be authorised for abattoirs having a slaughter line with a capacity to process no more than 40 pigs per hour.
(2)
the Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 12 December 2011.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Poland.
Done at Brussels, 16 August 2011.