2005/879/EC: Commission Decision of  8 December 2005  authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Slovenia  (notified under document number C(2005) 4744)
Date: 2005-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovenia, carcase, classification, evaluation method, pigmeat, swine

10.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 324/87

COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 December 2005

authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Slovenia

(notified under document number C(2005) 4744)

(Only the Slovenian text is authentic)

(2005/879/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of
13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for
grading pig carcases (1), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 provides
that the grading of pig carcases must be determined by
estimating the content of lean meat in accordance with
statistically proven assessment methods based on the
physical measurement of one or more anatomical parts
of the pig carcase. The authorisation of grading methods
is subject to compliance with a maximum tolerance for
statistical error in assessment. This tolerance was defined
in Article
(EEC)
No 2967/85 of 24 October 1985 laying down detailed
rules for the application of the Community scale for
grading pig carcases (2).

of Commission Regulation

3

of

has

The Government
the
Slovenia
Commission to authorise two methods for grading pig
carcases and has submitted the results of its dissection
trials which were executed before the day of accession,
by presenting part two of the protocol provided for in
Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85.

requested

this request has revealed that

The evaluation of
the
conditions for authorising these grading methods are
fulfilled for the HGP 4 apparatus, but only partially for
the ZP-DM5 apparatus. In order to give the Slovenian
authorities time to execute a new dissection trial, the
authorisation for the ZP-DM5 apparatus should be time
limited.

(4)

(5)

No modification of the apparata or grading methods may
be authorised except by means of a new Commission
Decision adopted in the light of experience gained. For
this reason, the present authorisation may be revoked.

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Pigmeat,

in this Decision are in
the Management

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The use of
for
grading pig
No 3220/84 in Slovenia:

the following methods
carcases pursuant

is hereby authorised
to Regulation (EEC)

(a)

the grading method known as ‘Zwei-Punkt — DM5 (ZP)’
and assessment methods related thereto, details of which are
given in Part 1 of the Annex;

(b) the apparatus termed ‘Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 4)’ and
the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are
given in Part 2 of the Annex.

The authorisation for the ZP-DM5 grading method is granted
until 31 December 2007.

Article 2

Modifications of the apparata or the assessment methods shall
not be authorised.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Slovenia.

Done at Brussels, 8 December 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 301, 20.11.1984, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 3513/93 (OJ L 320, 22.12.1993, p. 5).

(2) OJ L 285, 25.10.1985, p. 39. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 3127/94 (OJ L 330, 21.12.1994, p. 43).

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.12.2005

METHODS FOR GRADING PIG CARCASES IN SLOVENIA

ANNEX

Part 1
ZWEI-PUNKT — DM5 (ZP)

1. Grading of pig carcases shall be carried out by means of the method termed ‘Zwei-Punkt — DM5 (ZP)’.

2. The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula:

= 8,6980 + 66,7270 Z1 + 9,7218 Z2 + 33,2966 Z3

– 19,8084 Z4

– 0,1082 T

where:

= estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase,

MDM = visible thickness of the lumbar muscle on the midline of split carcase in millimetres, measured as the shortest
connection between the front (cranial) end of lumbar muscle and the upper (dorsal) edge of the vertebral
canal,

SDM = minimum thickness of visible (back) fat (including rind) on the midline of the split carcase in millimetres,

covering the lumbar muscle (Musculus glutaeus medius),

Z1

Z2

Z3

Z4

= SDM/MDM
ﬃﬃﬃﬃ
M

p

=

DM

= log10(SDM)
ﬃﬃﬃ
S

p

=

DM

T

= warm carcase weight in kilograms.

This formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 50 and 120 kg.

Part 2

HENNESSY GRADING PROBE (HGP 4)
1. Grading of pig carcases shall be carried out by means of the apparatus termed ‘Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 4)’.

2. The apparatus shall be equipped with a probe of 5,95 millimetres diameter (and of 6,3 millimetres at the blade on top
of the probe) containing a photodiode (Siemens LED of the type LYU 260-EO) and photodetector of the type 58 MR
and having an operating distance of between 0 and 120 millimetres. The results of the measurements shall be
converted into estimated lean meat content by means of the HGP 4 itself or a computer linked to it.

3. The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula:

= 64,9273 – 1,6690 SHGP + 0,01947 S2

HGP + 0,2464 MHGP

where:

= estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase,

SHGP = the thickness of back fat (including rind) in millimetres, measured at 7 cm off the midline of the carcase

between second and third last rib,

MHGP = the thickness of muscle in millimetres measured at the same time and same place as SHGP.

This formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 50 and 120 kg.