CELEX: 32005D0627
Language: en
Date: 2005-08-26 00:00:00
Title: 2005/627/EC: Commission Decision of 26 August 2005 authorising methods for grading pig carcases in the Netherlands (notified under document number C(2005) 3234)

30.8.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 224/17
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 26 August 2005
   authorising methods for grading pig carcases in the Netherlands
   (notified under document number C(2005) 3234)
   (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
   (2005/627/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   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)
            
            
               Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 provides that the grading of pig carcases is to 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 3(2) 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 (2).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               By Commission Decision 87/131/EEC (3), the use of one method for grading pig carcases in the Netherlands was authorised.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Due to technical adaptations, the Government of the Netherlands has requested the Commission to authorise the use of a new formula for the apparatus HGP 2 used at present under the Decision 87/131/EEC as from 1 July 2006, and to authorise a new method for grading pig carcases, and has therefore submitted the elements required in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The evaluation of this request has revealed that the conditions for authorising these grading methods are fulfilled.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               No modification of the apparatuses 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.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               For the sake of clarity, Decision 87/131/EEC should be repealed and replaced by a new decision.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               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
   The use of the following methods is hereby authorised for grading pig carcases pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 in the Netherlands:
   
               (a)
            
            
               the apparatus termed Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 2) and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the Annex;
            
         
               (b)
            
            
               the apparatus termed VISION system (VCS 2000) and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 2 of the Annex.
            
         Article 2
   Modifications of the apparatuses or the assessment methods shall not be authorised.
   Article 3
   Decision 87/131/EEC is hereby repealed.
   Article 4
   This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
   
      Done at Brussels, 26 August 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 Regulation (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).
   
      (3)  OJ L 51, 20.2.1987, p. 50. Decision as last amended by Decision 94/566/EC (OJ L 215, 20.8.1994, p. 27).
   
      ANNEX
      Methods for grading pig carcases in the Netherlands
      PART 1
      Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 2)
      1.   Grading of pig carcases shall be carried out by means of the apparatus termed as Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 2).
      2.   The apparatus shall be equipped with a probe of 5,95 millimetres in diameter (and of 6,3 millimetres at the blade on top of the probe) containing a photodiode (LED Siemens 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 2 itself as well as a computer linked to it.
      3.   The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula:
      
          = p  gilt + (1 – p)  castrate (%)
      where:
      
         = the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase,
          gilt= 61,38 – 0,74 X1 + 0,13 X2 (%),
          castrate= 59,35 – 0,67 X1 + 0,13 X2 (%),where:
      X1= the thickness of back-fat (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 X1 + 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 and 120 kg.
      4.   However, as from 1 July 2006, the lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula:
      
          = 60,85 – 0,745 X1 + 0,133 X2
      
      where:
      
         = predicted lean meat percentage,X1= the thickness of back-fat (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.
      This formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 50 and 120 kilograms.
      PART 2
      VISION system (VCS 2000)
      1.   Grading of pig carcases shall be carried out by means of the apparatus termed VISION system (VCS 2000).
      2.   The apparatus VISION system (VCS 2000) is a picture-processing system for automatically determining the trade values of pork-carcass-halves. The system is used online within the slaughtering production system where via a camera system the carcass halves are automatically filmed. The picture data is then processed in a computer by special picture-processing software.
      3.   The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula:
      
                  x1
               
               
                  – 0,02578308
               
            
                  x2
               
               
                  0,01819554
               
            
                  x3
               
               
                  – 0,01880347
               
            
                  x4
               
               
                  0,01336851
               
            
                  x5
               
               
                  0,03402026
               
            
                  x6
               
               
                  – 0,00431013
               
            
                  x7
               
               
                  0,01399586
               
            
                  x8
               
               
                  – 0,01685383
               
            
                  x9
               
               
                  0,03029107
               
            
                  x10
               
               
                  0,00001618
               
            
                  x11
               
               
                  0,00003510
               
            
                  x12
               
               
                  0,00017285
               
            
                  x13
               
               
                  – 0,00006323
               
            
                  x14
               
               
                  – 0,00007814
               
            
                  x15
               
               
                  0,03852565
               
            
                  x16
               
               
                  0,03703442
               
            
                  x17
               
               
                  0,04915633
               
            
                  x18
               
               
                  0,16952262
               
            
                  x19
               
               
                  – 0,07474948
               
            
                  x20
               
               
                  – 0,00000064
               
            
                  x21
               
               
                  – 0,00000045
               
            
                  x22
               
               
                  – 0,00000217
               
            
                  x23
               
               
                  0,00007137
               
            
                  x24
               
               
                  0,00001311
               
            
                  x25
               
               
                  0,00005955
               
            
                  x26
               
               
                  0,00021689
               
            
                  x27
               
               
                  0,00003631
               
            
                  x28
               
               
                  0,00003996
               
            
                  x29
               
               
                  0,00010888
               
            
                  x30
               
               
                  0,00000010
               
            
                  x31
               
               
                  – 0,00002481
               
            
                  x32
               
               
                  – 0,00003633
               
            
                  x33
               
               
                  – 0,00000496
               
            
                  x34
               
               
                  – 0,00000991
               
            
                  x35
               
               
                  – 0,00000980
               
            
                  x36
               
               
                  – 0,00001532
               
            
                  x37
               
               
                  – 0,00000254
               
            
                  x38
               
               
                  – 0,00000886
               
            
                  x39
               
               
                  0,00064604
               
            
                  x40
               
               
                  – 0,00057968
               
            
                  x41
               
               
                  0,00012513
               
            
                  x42
               
               
                  – 0,00002055
               
            
                  x43
               
               
                  – 0,00000035
               
            
                  x44
               
               
                  – 0,00001008
               
            
                  x45
               
               
                  – 0,00017158
               
            
                  x46
               
               
                  0,00019477
               
            
                  x47
               
               
                  – 0,00329811
               
            
                  x48
               
               
                  0,00018512
               
            
                  x49
               
               
                  0,02520693
               
            
                  x50
               
               
                  – 0,02466706
               
            
                  x51
               
               
                  – 0,00286098
               
            
                  x52
               
               
                  – 0,01983356
               
            
                  x53
               
               
                  – 0,00012369
               
            
                  x54
               
               
                  – 0,04044495
               
            
                  x55
               
               
                  0,00069282
               
            
                  x56
               
               
                  0,00025689
               
            
                  x57
               
               
                  0,00403378
               
            
                  x58
               
               
                  0,00028090
               
            
                  x59
               
               
                  10,79585085
               
            
                  x60
               
               
                  – 0,65106186
               
            
                  x61
               
               
                  – 0,29583150
               
            
                  x62
               
               
                  0,16410084
               
            
                  x63
               
               
                  0,06306376
               
            
                  x64
               
               
                  – 2,22708974
               
            
                  x65
               
               
                  0,09886817
               
            
                  x66
               
               
                  0,55302524
               
            
                  x67
               
               
                  – 1,38136772
               
            
                  x68
               
               
                  – 12,51618138
               
            
                  x69
               
               
                  – 2,65248635
               
            
                  x70
               
               
                  9,08361318
               
            
                  x71
               
               
                  – 0,00003025
               
            
                  x72
               
               
                  – 0,00043013
               
            
                  x73
               
               
                  – 0,00083619
               
            
                  x74
               
               
                  – 0,00013210
               
            
                  x75
               
               
                  0,00002221
               
            
                  x76
               
               
                  – 0,00007579
               
            
                  x77
               
               
                  – 0,00031534
               
            
                  x78
               
               
                  – 0,00001867
               
            
                  x79
               
               
                  – 0,00003067
               
            
                  x80
               
               
                  0,00002421
               
            
                  x81
               
               
                  – 0,00026088
               
            
                  x82
               
               
                  0,00067359
               
            
                  x83
               
               
                  0,00024535
               
            
                  x84
               
               
                  – 0,00000847
               
            
                  x85
               
               
                  0,00003206
               
            
                  x86
               
               
                  0,00007141
               
            
                  x87
               
               
                  0,00006951
               
            
                  x88
               
               
                  – 0,04465410
               
            
                  x89
               
               
                  0,01774709
               
            
                  x90
               
               
                  – 0,03618843
               
            
                  x91
               
               
                  – 0,02700865
               
            
                  x92
               
               
                  – 0,02221780
               
            
                  x93
               
               
                  – 0,03644020
               
            
                  x94
               
               
                  – 0,01766434
               
            
                  x95
               
               
                  0,00516267
               
            
                  x96
               
               
                  – 0,02958650
               
            
                  x97
               
               
                  – 0,01189834
               
            
                  x98
               
               
                  0,00184860
               
            
                  x99
               
               
                  0,00894691
               
            
                  x100
               
               
                  0,01586154
               
            
                  x101
               
               
                  – 0,01265988
               
            
                  x102
               
               
                  – 0,00912249
               
            
                  x103
               
               
                  0,02734395
               
            
                  x104
               
               
                  0,13333009
               
            
                  x105
               
               
                  0,18105960
               
            
                  x106
               
               
                  – 0,06387375
               
            
                  x107
               
               
                  0,03471900
               
            
                  x108
               
               
                  0,21910356
               
            
                  x109
               
               
                  – 0,12423421
               
            
                  x110
               
               
                  0,09408101
               
            
                  x111
               
               
                  0,01363443
               
            
                  x112
               
               
                  0,06193271
               
            
                  x113
               
               
                  – 0,02802852
               
            
                  x114
               
               
                  0,02757767
               
            
                  x115
               
               
                  0,00035641
               
            4.   Descriptions of the measurement points and the statistical method can be found in Part II of the Dutch protocol forwarded to the Commission in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85.
      This formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 50 and 120 kilograms.