THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007(1), and in particular Article 20(p) and (t) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Point 1 of Section B.IV of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provides that, for the classification of pig carcasses, the lean-meat content has to be assessed by means of grading methods authorised by the Commission and only statistically proven assessment methods based on the physical measurement of one or more anatomical parts of the pig carcass may be authorised. The authorisation of grading methods should be subject to compliance with a maximum tolerance for statistical error in assessment. That tolerance is defined in Part A of Annex V to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182(2).
(2) By Commission Decision 2009/11/EC(3), the use of nine methods for grading pig carcasses in Spain was authorised.
(3) Modifications of the apparatus or grading methods should not be allowed unless they are explicitly authorised by Commission Implementing Decision.
(4) Spain has requested the Commission to withdraw authorisation of the method ‘Ultrafom 300’ from the list of methods authorised to grading pig carcasses on its territory, since the method is no longer in use on its territory.
(5) Spain has requested the Commission to authorise one new method and updating formulas for three methods for grading pig carcasses on its territory and has presented a detailed description of the dissection trial, indicating the principles on which these methods are 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 11(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182.
(6) Examination of that request has revealed that the conditions for authorising these grading methods are fulfilled. These grading methods should therefore be authorised in Spain.
(7) Decision 2009/11/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Decision 2009/11/EC is amended as follows:
Article 1 is amended as follows:
the first paragraph is amended as follows:
point (c) is deleted;
point (i) is replaced by the following:
the “gmSCAN” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 9 of the Annex;’;
the following point (j) is added:
the “OptiScan TP” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 10 of the Annex.’;
the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘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 700 pigs per week on yearly average basis; and
having a slaughter line with a capacity to process no more than 50 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, 23 January 2020.
For the Commission
Janusz Wojciechowski
Member of the Commission
The Annex is amended as follows:
Part 3 is deleted;
Parts 5, 6 and 7 are replaced by the following:
Ŷ = 69,592 – (0,741 × X1)+ (0,066 × X2)
where:
the estimated percentage of lean meat in a carcass;
the thickness of back-fat (including rind) in millimetres, measured perpendicularly to the back of the carcass at 6 cm of the split line, between the third and fourth last ribs;
the thickness of the dorsal muscle in millimetres, measured at the same time, in the same place and in the same way as X1.
This formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 60 and 120 kilograms (warm weight).
Ŷ = 75,39088 – (1,39968 × R2P1) – (0,45787 × R2P4) – (0,47094 × R2P10) + (0,20349 × R4P6)
where:
the estimated percentage of lean meat in a carcass,
the average thickness of the skin;
the P2 fat measure at the selected position in mm;
minimum fat of the cross-section in mm;
the fat 1 measurements in the selected MFT point.
This formula is valid for carcasses weighing between 60 and 120 kg (warm weight).
Ŷ = 66,324 – (0,526 × F) + (0,034 × M)
where:
the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcass,
the minimum thickness of visible fat (including rind), in millimetres, on the midline of the split carcass in millimetres, covering the muscle gluteus medius,
the visible thickness of the lumbar muscle, in millimetres, on the midline of the split carcass, measured as the shortest connection between the front (cranial) end of the muscle gluteus medius and the upper (dorsal) edge of the vertebral canal.
This formula shall valid for carcasses weighing between 60 and 120 kg (warm weight).’;
the following Part 10 is added:
Ŷ = 67,496 – (0,522 x F) + (0,032 x M)
where:
the estimated percentage of lean meat in a carcass;
the minimal thickness of visible fat (including rind) in millimetres, on the midline of the split carcass, covering the muscle gluteus medius;
the visible thickness of the lumbar muscle, in millimetres, on the midline of the split carcass, measured as the shortest connection between the front (cranial) end of the muscle gluteus medius and the upper (dorsal) edge of the vertebral canal.
This formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 60 and 120 kilograms (warm weight).’.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1182 of 20 April 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses and as regards the reporting of market prices of certain categories of carcasses and live animals (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 74).
Commission Decision 2009/11/EC of 19 December 2008 authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Spain (OJ L 6, 10.1.2009, p. 79).