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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of26January1987
authorizingamethodforgradingpigcarcasesintheNetherlands
(OnlytheDutchtextisauthentic)
(87/131/EEC)
(OJ L 51, 20.2.1987, p. 50)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision of 3 July 1987 (87/395/EEC) L 208 43 30.7.1987
►M2Commission Decision of 22 January 1992 (92/100/EEC) L 39 44 15.2.1992
►M3Commission Decision of 27 July 1994 (94/566/EC) L 215 27 20.8.1994
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of26January1987
authorizingamethodforgradingpigcarcasesintheNetherlands
(OnlytheDutchtextisauthentic)
(87/131/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October
1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat(1), aslas t
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86(2), and in particular Article
4 (6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13
November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pigcarcases(
3), asamended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/86(4), and in
particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
WhereasArticle 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 providesthat
the grading of pig carcases must be determined by estimating thecontent of lean meat in accordance with statistically proven assessmentmethods based on the physical measurement of one or more anatomicalpartsof the pig carcas e; whereasthe authorization of grading methods
is subject to compliance with a maximum tolerance for statistical error
in assessment; whereas this tolerance has been defined in Article 3 ofCommission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 of 24 October 1985 layingdown detailed rulesfor the application of the Community s cale forgrading pig carcases(
5);
Whereasthe Government of the Netherlandshasreques ted the
Commission to authorize a method for grading pig carcases and hassubmitted the details required in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)No 2967/85; whereasan examination of thisreques t hasrevealed that
the conditionsfor authorizing the s aid grading method are fulfilled;
Whereasno modification of the apparatusor grading method may be
authorized except by means of a new Commission Decision adoptedin the light of experience gained;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. Use of the apparatus termed ‘Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 2)’
is hereby authorized as the sole method for grading pig carcases in theNetherlands.
2. The apparatuss hall be equipped with a probe of 5,95 millimetres
in diameter (and of 6,3 millimetresat the blade on top of the probe)
containing a photodiode (LED Siemensof the type LYU 260-EO andphotodetector of the type 58 MR) and having an operating distance ofbetween 0 and 120 millimetres. The results of the measurements shallbe converted into estimated lean meat content by means of the HGP 2its elf aswell asa computer linked to it.1987D0131 — EN — 01.07.1994 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 133, 21. 5. 1986, p. 39.
(3) JO No L 301, 20. 11. 1984, p. 1.
(4) OJ No L 326, 21. 11. 1986, p. 8.
(5) OJ No L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 39.
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3. The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according
to the following formula:
Ŷ=pŶgilt + (1 − p) Ŷcastrate (%)
where:Ŷ = the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase,
Ŷgilt = 61,38 − 0,74 X
1+ 0,13 X2(%),
Ŷcastrate = 59,35 − 0,67 X1+ 0,13 X2(%),
where:X
1= the thickness of backfat (including rind) in millimetres,
measured at six centimetres off the midline of the split carcase,
between the third and fourth last ribs,
X2= the thickness of muscle in millimetres, measured at the same
time and in the same place as X1.
p = 1/ (1 + exp (− η)),
where:η= − 3,277 − 0,4580 X
1+ 0,3038 X2+ 0,007777 (X1)2− 0,001792
(X2)2− 0,002557 X1·X2
This formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 50 and120 kg.
Article 2
Modification of the apparatus or of the assessment method shall not be
authorized.
Article 3
The authorization of the grading method may be revoked.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.1987D0131 — EN — 01.07.1994 — 001.001 — 3
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