2005/628/EC: Commission Decision of 26 August 2005 amending Decision 89/471/EEC authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Germany (notified under document number C(2005) 3238)

30.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/20
COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 August 2005
amending Decision 89/471/EEC authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Germany
(notified under document number C(2005) 3238)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(2005/628/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) By Commission Decision 89/471/EEC (2), the use of several methods for grading pig carcases in Germany was authorised.
(2) The German Government has requested the Commission to authorise the application of a new apparatus as a reference system for assessing the lean meat content of carcases in the framework of the existing grading methods and has submitted the details required in Article 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).
(3) The examination of this request has revealed that the conditions for authorising the new apparatus are fulfilled. The use of the apparatus ‘Ultrasound-Scanner SSD 256’ as a reference system for assessing the lean meat content can thus be replaced by the use of the apparatus ‘Ultrasonic Scanner GE Logiq 200pro’.
(4) Decision 89/471/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,