92/557/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 November 1992 amending Decision 88/234/EEC authorizing methods for grading pig carcases in the United Kingdom (Only the English text is authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION  of 19 November 1992  amending Decision 88/234/EEC authorizing methods for grading pig carcases in the United Kingdom  (Only the English text is authentic)  (92/557/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
Whereas 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; whereas the authorization of grading methods is subject to compliance with a maximum tolerance for statistical error in assessment; whereas this tolerance has been defined 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);
Whereas Commission Decision 88/234/EEC (4), as amended by Decision 88/478/EEC (5), has introduced several grading methods for use in the United Kingdom;
Whereas the Government of the United Kingdom has requested the Commission to authorize the use a new method for grading pig carcases in Great Britain and has submitted the details required in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85; whereas an  examination of this request has revealed that the conditions for authorizing the new grading method are fulfilled;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,