F1Article 1

The use of the following methods is authorised for grading pig carcasses pursuant to point 1 of Section B.IV of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council 4 in Spain:
  1. (a)

    the Fat-O-Meat'er (FOM) apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the Annex;

  2. (b)

    the Fully automatic ultrasonic carcase grading (Autofom) apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 2 of the Annex;

  3. (c)

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  4. (d)

    the Automatic vision system (VCS2000) apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 4 of the Annex;

  5. (e)

    the Fat-O-Meat'er II (FOM II) apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 5 of the Annex;

  6. (f)

    the AutoFOM III apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 6 of the Annex;

  7. (g)

    the manual method (ZP) with a ruler and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 7 of the Annex;

  8. (h)

    the CSB-Image-Meater apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 8 of the Annex;

  9. (i)

    F3the gmSCAN apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 9 of the Annex;

  10. (j)

    F4the OptiScan TP apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 10 of the Annex.

F3The manual method ZP with a ruler, referred to in point (g) of the first paragraph, shall only be authorised for abattoirs:

  1. (a)

    where the number of slaughters does not exceed 700 pigs per week on yearly average basis; and

  2. (b)

    having a slaughter line with a capacity to process no more than 50 pigs per hour.