Article 1
Decision 2009/11/EC is amended as follows:
- (1)
Article 1 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
The use of the following methods is authorised for grading pig carcasses pursuant to point 1 of Section B.IV of Annex V to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/20074 in Spain:- (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;
- (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;
- (c)
the “Ultrafom 300” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 3 of the Annex;
- (d)
the “Automatic vision system (VCS2000)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 4 of the Annex;
- (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;
- (f)
the “AutoFOM III” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 6 of the Annex;
- (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.
The manual method ZP with a ruler, referred to in point (g) of the first paragraph, shall only be authorised for abattoirs:
- (a)
where the number of slaughters does not exceed 500 pigs per week on yearly average basis; and
- (b)
having a slaughter line with a capacity to process no more than 40 pigs per hour.’;
- (a)
- (2)
the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.