CELEX: 31970R2108
Language: en
Date: 1970-10-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2108/70 of the Council of 20 October 1970 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases

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                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2108/70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 20 October 1970
                                determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                        Whereas, because the ' weight distribution of pig
                                                                 carcases differs between Member States, Member
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     States should be permitted to limit, in grades I, II and
European Economic Community, and in particular                   III, the number of weight grades, pig carcases of 90
Article 43 thereof;                                              kg or more being put into a single grade ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No                           Whereas, in view of the above-mentioned factors,
121/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common                        Council Regulation No 211 /67/EEC4 of 27 June 1967
organisation of the market in pigmeat, as last                   determining the Community scale for grading pig
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1253/70,2 and in                  carcases should be repealed ;
particular Articles 2 and 4 (5 ) thereof;
                                                                 Whereas, to facilitate the introduction of quotations
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;              for pig carcases on a common basis and to make
                                                                 these quotations comparable to the basic prices for
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                     the standard quality, the Community scale should in
Parliament3 ;
                                                                 future be used for determining quotations for pig
                                                                 carcases and in particular for determining the average
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                 price for pig carcases referred to in Article 4 of
Social Committee;                                                Regulation No 121/67/EEC;
Whereas, before 1 „ August of each year, a basic price
must be fixed for pig carcases of a standard quality             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
defined with reference to a Community scale for
grading pig carcases;                                                                     Article 1
Whereas it is, therefore, .necessary to establish rules
                                                                  1.    The Community scale for grading pig carcases
ensuring uniform grading of pig carcases ;                       shall be as shown in Annex I and the bases for the
Whereas this grading must first be made on the basis             grading of these carcases in Annex II.
of objective criteria, such as the weight of the carcase
and the thickness of the back fat ; whereas the                  2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 ,
grading of pig carcases may then be adjusted on the              Member States which so request may, in view of the
basis of a subjective assessment of muscular                     characteristics of their pigmeat production, be
development in the principal parts of the carcase                 authorised in accordance with the procedure
(ham, loin, shoulder, belly);                                    provided for in Article 24 of Regulation No
                                                                  121 /67/EEC, to replace the weight grades for pig
Whereas the combined use of objective criteria                    carcases of 90 kg and more in commercial grades I, II
(thickness of back fat in relation to weight) and                 and III by a single weight grade to include pig
subjective criteria ( conformation)' enables the                  carcases weighing 90 kg and more of which the
following five commercial grades to be determined : E             thickness of the back fat does not exceed :
(extra), I (very good proportion of meat), II (good
proportion of meat), III (average proportion of                                    in grade I :    35 mm,
meat), IV ( heavy or fatty pig carcases);                                           in grade II :  40 mm,
                                                                                    in grade III : 45 mm.
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2283 /67.
2 OJ No L 143 , 1.7.1970, p . 1 .
 3 OJ No C 160 , 18.12.1969 , p. 50 .                             4 OJ No 135 , 30.6.1967, p. 2872/67.
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                       Article 2                              application, shall be adopted in accordance with the
                                                              procedure laid down in Article 24 of Regulation No
Subject to any exception which may be decided upon            121 /67/EEC .
by the Council, acting in accordance with the voting
procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty
on a proposal from the Commission, and made                                          Article 4
necessary by the temporary lack of representative
quotations for pig carcases in a Member State, the
latest date for determining quotations for pig carcases       Regulation No 211 /67/EEC is hereby repealed.
according to the Community scale shall be 1
November 1971 .
                       Article 3                                                     Article 5
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation,        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
and in particular measures ensuring its uniform               1970 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 20 October 1970.
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                   H. D. GRIESAU
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                                                            ANNEX I
                                         Community scale for grading pig carcases
    Commercial
       Grade   Subgrade              Carcase weight in kg           Thickness of back fat in mm           Description
E                E AA     60 or more but less than 70                   up to 15 inclusive      showing exceptional mus­
extra                     70 or more                                   up to 20 inclusive       cular development in all
                                                                                                principal parts of the carcase
I               I A       60 or more but less than       70            up to 20 inclusive       showing very good muscu­
very good                 70 or more but    less than     80           up to 25 inclusive       lar development in all prin­
proportion                80 or more but    less than    90            up to 30 inclusive       cipal parts of the carcase
of meat                  90  or more but    less than   100            up  to 35  inclusive
                        100  or more but    less than   120            up  to 40  inclusive
                        120  or more but    less than   140            up  to 50  inclusive
                        140  or more but    less than   160            up  to 55  inclusive
                        160  and over                                  up  to 60  inclusive
II              II A     60  or more  but   less than    70            up  to 25  inclusive     showing good muscular
good                     70  or more  but   less than    80            up  to 30  inclusive     development in all principal
proportion               80  or more  but   less than    90            up  to 35  inclusive     parts of the carcase
of meat                  90  or more  but   less than   100            up  to 40  inclusive
                        100  or more  but   less than   120            up  to 45  inclusive
                        120  or more  but   less than   140            up  to 55  inclusive
                        140  or more  but   less than   160            up  to 65  inclusive
                        160 and over                                   up to 70 inclusive       or
                I B     weight of carcase and thickness of back fat as for I                    but defective in one princi­
                                                                                                pal part of the carcase
III            III A     60 or more but less than 70                   up  to 30  inclusive     showing average muscular
average                  70 or more but less than 80                   up  to 35  inclusive     development in all principal
proportion               80 or more but less than 90                   up  to 40  inclusive     parts of the carcase
of meat                  90 or more but less than 100                  up  to 45  inclusive
                        100 or more but less than 120                  up  to 50  inclusive
                        120 ór more but less than 140                  up  to 60  inclusive
                        140 or more but less than 160                  up  to 70  inclusive
                        160 and over                                   up  to 75  inclusive     or
               ΛΙ B     weight of carcase and thickness of back fat as for II                   but defective in one princi­
                                                                                                pal part of the carcase
                                                                                                or
               I C      weight of carcase and thickness of fat as                               but defective in two princi­
                                                                                                pal parts of the carcase
IV                      all carcases not falling within the above-mentioned grades
S                  1    sow carcases with a very good proportion of meat
                   2    other sow carcases
     -
V                       boar carcases
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                                               " ANNEX 11
                                      Bases for grading pig carcases
  1 . ' Carcases' means carcases bled and drawn , whole or divided down the middle , without
      tongue, bristles , hooves or genital organs .
  2. 'sow carcases' means carcases of all weights of female domestic swine having farrowed at
      least once.
  3 . 'Boar carcases' means all weights of male domestic swine having been used for breeding.
  Pig carcases are graded by combining :
. — the assessment of fatness based on the thickness of back fat in relation to the weight of the
        carcase, and
  — the subjective assessment of the muscular development in the principal parts of the carcase,
       i.e. ham, loin, shoulder and belly.
  Fatness, determined by the thickness of back fat and the weight of the carcase, is expressed in
  the Roman numerals I, II and III.
  — the weight being that of the carcase when cold,
  — the thickness of back fat being measured on a carcase, skin included, in the centre of the
        muscular mass at the level of the sacrum and at the level of the last rib ; the greater
        thickness resulting from these two measurements being taken.