Decision 2009/11/EC is amended as follows:
Article 1 is replaced by the following:
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 1234/2007(1) in Spain:
the “Fat-O-Meat’er (FOM)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the Annex;
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;
the “Ultrafom 300” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 3 of the Annex;
the “Automatic vision system (VCS2000)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 4 of the Annex;
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;
the “AutoFOM III” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 6 of the Annex;
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:
where the number of slaughters does not exceed 500 pigs per week on yearly average basis; and
having a slaughter line with a capacity to process no more than 40 pigs per hour.’;
the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
Done at Brussels, 12 July 2012.
For the Commission
Dacian Cioloș
Member of the Commission