2011/506/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 16 August 2011 amending Decision 2005/240/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Poland (notified under document C(2011) 5745)

17.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 209/43
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 16 August 2011
amending Decision 2005/240/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Poland
(notified under document C(2011) 5745)
(Only the Polish text is authentic)
(2011/506/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 43(m), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Commission Decision 2005/240/EC (2), the use of four methods for grading pig carcasses in Poland was authorised.
(2) Poland has stated that since the adoption of Decision 2005/240/EC the slaughter value of the fatteners in Poland has improved considerably. It is therefore necessary to update the formula of the methods after nearly 6 years of use since their approval and to obtain and use new, up-to-date grading methods with a view to increasing competition as well as to introduce cheaper grading methods.
(3) Poland has requested the Commission to authorise the replacement of the formula used in the ‘CAPTEUR GRAS/MAIGRE — SYDEL (CGM)’, ‘ULTRA FOM 300’, ‘FULLY AUTOMATIC ULTRASONIC CARCASE GRADING (AUTOFOM)’ and ‘IM-03’, methods of grading pig carcasses as well as to authorise four new methods for grading pig carcasses on its territory and has presented a detailed description of the dissection trial, indicating the principles on which that method is based, the results of its dissection trial and the equations used for assessing the percentage of lean meat in the protocol provided for in Article 23(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 of 10 December 2008 laying down detailed rules on the implementation of the Community scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses and the reporting of prices thereof (3).
(4) Examination of that request has revealed that the conditions for authorising those grading methods are fulfilled. Those grading methods should therefore be authorised in Poland.
(5) Decision 2005/240/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) Modifications of the apparatus or grading methods should not be allowed, unless they are explicitly authorised by Commission Decision.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,