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REGULATION (EEC)No2108/70OFTHECOUNCIL
of20October1970
determiningtheCommunityscaleforgradingpigcarcases
Whereas,becausethe'weightdistributionofpig
carcasesdiffersbetweenMemberStates,Member
Statesshouldbepermittedtolimit,ingradesI,IIand
III,thenumberofweightgrades,pigcarcasesof90
kgormorebeingputintoasinglegrade;
Whereas,inviewoftheabove-mentioned factors,
CouncilRegulationNo211/67/EEC4of27June1967
determiningtheCommunityscaleforgradingpig
carcasesshouldberepealed;
Whereas,tofacilitatetheintroductionofquotations
forpigcarcasesonacommonbasisandtomake
thesequotationscomparabletothebasicpricesfor
thestandardquality,theCommunityscaleshouldin
futurebeusedfordeterminingquotationsforpig
carcasesandinparticularfordeterminingtheaverage
priceforpigcarcasesreferredtoinArticle4of
RegulationNo121/67/EEC;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
121/67/EEC1of13June1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinpigmeat,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1253/70,2andin
particularArticles2and4(5)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament 3;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee ;
Whereas,before1„Augustofeachyear,abasicprice
mustbefixedforpigcarcasesofastandardquality
definedwithreferencetoaCommunityscalefor
gradingpigcarcases;
Whereasitis,therefore,.necessarytoestablishrules
ensuringuniformgradingofpigcarcases;
Whereasthisgradingmustfirstbemadeonthebasis
ofobjectivecriteria,suchastheweightofthecarcase
andthethicknessofthebackfat;whereasthe
gradingofpigcarcasesmaythenbeadjustedonthe
basisofasubjectiveassessmentofmuscular
development intheprincipalpartsofthecarcase
(ham,loin,shoulder,belly);
Whereasthecombineduseofobjectivecriteria
(thicknessofbackfatinrelationtoweight)and
subjectivecriteria(conformation )'enablesthe
followingfivecommercialgradestobedetermined :E
(extra),I(verygoodproportionofmeat),II(good
proportionofmeat),III(averageproportionof
meat),IV(heavyorfattypigcarcases);HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheCommunityscaleforgradingpigcarcases
shallbeasshowninAnnexIandthebasesforthe
gradingofthesecarcasesinAnnexII.
2.Bywayofderogationfromparagraph 1,
MemberStateswhichsorequestmay,inviewofthe
characteristics oftheirpigmeatproduction,be
authorisedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
providedforinArticle24ofRegulationNo
121/67/EEC,toreplacetheweightgradesforpig
carcasesof90kgandmoreincommercialgradesI,II
andIIIbyasingleweightgradetoincludepig
carcasesweighing90kgandmoreofwhichthe
thicknessofthebackfatdoesnotexceed:
ingradeI:35mm,
ingradeII:40mm,
ingradeIII:45mm.
1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2283/67.
2OJNoL143,1.7.1970,p.1.
3OJNoC160,18.12.1969,p.50. 4OJNo135,30.6.1967,p.2872/67.

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Article2 application,shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle24ofRegulationNo
121/67/EEC.
Article4Subjecttoanyexceptionwhichmaybedecidedupon
bytheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththevoting
procedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)oftheTreaty
onaproposalfromtheCommission ,andmade
necessarybythetemporarylackofrepresentative
quotationsforpigcarcasesinaMemberState,the
latestdatefordeterminingquotationsforpigcarcases
accordingtotheCommunityscaleshallbe1
November1971.RegulationNo211/67/EECisherebyrepealed.
Article3 Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1970.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulation,
andinparticularmeasuresensuringitsuniform
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,20October1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.D.GRIESAU

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ANNEXI
Communityscaleforgradingpigcarcases
Commercial
Grade Subgrade Carcaseweightinkg Thicknessofbackfatinmm Description
E
extraEAA60ormorebutlessthan70
70ormoreupto15inclusive
upto20inclusiveshowingexceptionalmus­
culardevelopment inall
principalpartsofthecarcase
I
verygood
proportion
ofmeatIA60ormorebutlessthan70
70ormorebutlessthan80
80ormorebutlessthan90
90ormorebutlessthan100
100ormorebutlessthan120
120ormorebutlessthan140
140ormorebutlessthan160
160andoverupto20inclusive
upto25inclusive
upto30inclusive
upto35inclusive
upto40inclusive
upto50inclusive
upto55inclusive
upto60inclusiveshowingverygoodmuscu­
lardevelopmentinallprin­
cipalpartsofthecarcase
II
good
proportion
ofmeatIIA60ormorebutlessthan70
70ormorebutlessthan80
80ormorebutlessthan90
90ormorebutlessthan100
100ormorebutlessthan120
120ormorebutlessthan140
140ormorebutlessthan160
160andoverupto25inclusive
upto30inclusive
upto35inclusive
upto40inclusive
upto45inclusive
upto55inclusive
upto65inclusive
upto70inclusiveshowinggoodmuscular
developmentinallprincipal
partsofthecarcase
or
IBweightofcarcaseandthicknessofbackfatasforI butdefectiveinoneprinci­
palpartofthecarcase
III
average
proportion
ofmeatIIIA60ormorebutlessthan70
70ormorebutlessthan80
80ormorebutlessthan90
90ormorebutlessthan100
100ormorebutlessthan120
120órmorebutlessthan140
140ormorebutlessthan160
160andoverupto30inclusive
upto35inclusive
upto40inclusive
upto45inclusive
upto50inclusive
upto60inclusive
upto70inclusive
upto75inclusiveshowingaveragemuscular
developmentinallprincipal
partsofthecarcase
or
ΛΙBweightofcarcaseandthicknessofbackfatasforII butdefectiveinoneprinci­
palpartofthecarcase
or
ICweightofcarcaseandthicknessoffatas butdefectiveintwoprinci­
palpartsofthecarcase
IV allcarcasesnotfallingwithintheabove-mentioned grades
S 1sowcarcaseswithaverygoodproportionofmeat
-2othersowcarcases
V boarcarcases

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"ANNEX11
Basesforgradingpigcarcases
1.'Carcases'meanscarcasesbledanddrawn,wholeordivideddownthemiddle,without
tongue,bristles,hoovesorgenitalorgans.
2.'sowcarcases'meanscarcasesofallweightsoffemaledomesticswinehavingfarrowedat
leastonce.
3.'Boarcarcases'meansallweightsofmaledomesticswinehavingbeenusedforbreeding.
Pigcarcasesaregradedbycombining :
.—theassessmentoffatnessbasedonthethicknessofbackfatinrelationtotheweightofthe
carcase,and
—thesubjectiveassessmentofthemusculardevelopmentintheprincipalpartsofthecarcase,
i.e.ham,loin,shoulderandbelly.
Fatness,determinedbythethicknessofbackfatandtheweightofthecarcase,isexpressedin
theRomannumeralsI,IIandIII.
—theweightbeingthatofthecarcasewhencold,
—thethicknessofbackfatbeingmeasuredonacarcase,skinincluded,inthecentreofthe
muscularmassatthelevelofthesacrumandatthelevelofthelastrib;thegreater
thicknessresultingfromthesetwomeasurements beingtaken.