2008/677/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 2008 amending Decision 2006/784/EC as regards the authorisation of a method for grading pig carcases in France (notified under document number C(2008) 3803)
Date: 2008-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, agricultural product nomenclature, carcase, swine

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Official Journal of the European Union

19.8.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 July 2008

amending Decision 2006/784/EC as regards the authorisation of a method for grading pig carcases
in France

(notified under document number C(2008) 3803)

(Only the French text is authentic)

(2008/677/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,

(4)

(5)

Decision 2006/784/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

in this Decision are in
the Management

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2006/784/EC (2) authorises seven
methods for grading pig carcases in France.

To simplify measuring operations, France has requested
the Commission to authorise the replacement of
the
formula used in the ‘Capteur Gras/Maigre — Sydel
(CGM)’ method of grading pig carcases
and has
presented the results of
in the
second part of the protocol provided for in Article 3(3)
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 of
24 October 1985 laying down detailed rules for the
application of
the Community scale for grading pig
carcases (3).

its dissection trials

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2006/784/EC is hereby amended in
accordance with the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.

Done at Brussels, 28 July 2008.

Examination of
conditions
fulfilled.

this

the
for authorising this grading method are

revealed that

request has

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 318, 17.11.2006, p. 27. Decision as last amended by Decision

2008/293/EC (OJ L 98, 10.4.2008, p. 16).

(3) OJ L 285, 25.10.1985, p. 39. Regulation as last amended by Regu­

lation (EC) No 1197/2006 (OJ L 217, 8.8.2006, p. 6).

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ANNEX

In the Annex to Decision 2006/784/EC, Part 1 (Capteur Gras/Maigre — Sydel (CGM)), point 3 is replaced by the
following:

‘3. The lean meat content of carcases shall be calculated using the following formula:

= 62,19 – 0,729 G2 + 0,144 M2

where:

= the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase,

G2 = the thickness of the fat (including rind), between the third and fourth last ribs, at 6 cm off the dorsal

midline, at a trajectory parallel to this line (in millimetres),

M2 = the thickness of the muscle, between the third and fourth last ribs, at 6 cm off the dorsal midline, at a

trajectory parallel to this line (in millimetres).

This formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 45 and 125 kg.’