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29.4.2011 Official
Journal
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European
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 27 April 2011
amending Decision 89/471/EEC authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Germany
(notified under document C(2011) 2709)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(2011/258/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(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 Germany.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(5) Decision
89/471/EEC
should
therefore
be
amended
accordingly.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri
(6) In
view
of
the
technical
circumstances
while
introducing
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 1 ), and in particular
new devices and new equations, the methods for grading
Article 43(m), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
pig carcasses authorised under this Decision should apply
from 4 October 2011.
Whereas:
(7) Modifications
of
the
apparatus
or
grading
methods
should not be allowed, unless they are explicitly auth
orised by Commission Decision.
(1) By
Commission
Decision
89/471/EEC
( 2 ), the use of
several methods for grading pig carcasses in Germany
was authorised.
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agri
(2)
Germany has stated that the update of the national
cultural Markets,
formula is absolutely necessary in order to take into
account the breeding progress during the past 15 years.
The last update of the lean meat equation of the grading
apparatus and the ‘Zwei-Punkt-Meverfahren’ (ZP)
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
method dates back to 1995.
Article 1
(3) Germany
has
requested
the
Commission
to
authorise
the Decision 89/471/EEC is amended as follows:
replacement of the formulas used in the ‘General Electric
Logiq 200pro’, the ‘Autofom I’ and ‘Zwei-Punkt-Mever
fahren’ (ZP) methods of grading pig carcasses as well as
to authorise two new methods for grading pig carcasses
1. Article 1a is replaced by the following:
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
‘Article 1a
the equations used for assessing the percentage of lean
meat in the protocol provided for in Article 23(4) of
By way of derogation from Article 1(2) and (3), the use of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 of
the following methods is authorised for grading pig carcasses
10 December 2008 laying down detailed rules on the
pursuant to point 1 of Section B.IV of Annex V to Council
implementation of the Community scales for the classifi
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (*) in Germany:
cation of beef, pig and sheep carcasses and the reporting
of prices thereof ( 3 ).
— the “Autofom I” apparatus and the assessment methods
( 1 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 233, 10.8.1989, p. 30.
related thereto, details of which are given in Part III of
( 3 ) OJ L 337, 16.12.2008, p. 3.
the Annex,

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— the “Autofom III” apparatus and the assessment methods
Article 2
related thereto, details of which are given in Part IV of
the Annex,
This Decision shall apply from 4 October 2011.
— the “CSB Image-Meater” apparatus and the assessment
Article 3
methods related thereto, details of which are given in
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Part V of the Annex.
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(*) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.’;
Done at Brussels, 27 April 2011.
For the Commission
2. the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this
Dacian CIOLO
Decision.
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX
The Annex to Decision 89/471/EEC is amended as follows:
(1) in Part I (Ultrasonic Scanner GE Logiq 200pro), point 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. The lean meat content of the carcass shall be calculated according to the following formula:
LMP = 60,98501 – 0,85831x 1 + 0,16449x 2
where:
LMP = the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcass,
x 1 = the thickness of backfat (including rind) in millimetres, measured at 7 centimetres off the midline of the
split carcass, between the second and third last ribs,
x 2 = the thickness of the dorsal muscle in millimetres, measured at the same time and in the same place as x 1 .
This formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 50 and 120 kilograms.’;
(2) in Part II (Zwei-Punkt-Meverfahren (ZP)), point 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. The lean meat content of carcases shall be calculated according to the following formula:
LMP = 58,10122 – 0,56495F + 0,13199M
where:
LMP = the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcass,
F —
fat measure, the minimum thickness of visible fat (including rind) covering the M. glutaeus medius on the
midline of the split carcass (mm),
M — meat measure, measured at the shortest connection between the front (cranial) end of the M. glutaeus
medius and the upper (dorsal) edge of the vertebral canal (mm).
This formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 50 and 120 kg.’;
(3) Part III (Fully automatic ultrasonic carcase grading (Autofom)) is replaced by the following:
‘PART III
Autofom I
1. The rules provided for in this Part shall apply when the grading of pig carcasses is carried out by means of the
apparatus known as “Autofom I”.
2. The apparatus shall be equipped with 16 2 MHz ultrasonic transducers (Carometec A/S), with an operating
distance between transducers of 25 mm.
The ultrasonic data shall comprise measurements of backfat thickness, muscle thickness and related parameters.
The results of the measurements shall be converted into estimates of the percentage of lean meat by using a
computer.
3. The lean meat content of carcasses shall be calculated on the basis of 31 variables according to the following
formula:
LMP = 63,95382561 – 0,11923455IP001 – 0,09558979IP002 – 0,10584604IP007 – 0,05155666IP009 –
0,13640649IP016 – 0,14213204IP022 + 0,03049588IP030 + 0,01790568IP032 + 0,01105555IP038 –
0,16701099IP042 – 0,06005469IP071 – 0,22169624IP079 + 0,06666878IP084 + 0,05392766IP086 –
0,21648737IP090 – 0,26525617IP091 – 0,09417923IP092 – 0,01909767IP093 – 0,01964313IP094 –
0,02064380IP095 – 0,01600385IP096 – 0,01119575IP103 – 0,00827959IP109 – 0,00687431IP111 –
0,00757384IP112 + 0,01885055IP113 + 0,06095365IP115 + 0,05703606IP116 + 0,04184455IP120 +
0,04682307IP121 + 0,03958671IP122
where:
LMP = the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcass,
IP001, IP002, IP007…IP122 are the variables measured by Autofom I.

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4. The lean meat content of carcasses may also be calculated on the basis of 3 t-values (principal component
variables) according to the following formula:
LMP = 58,31148999 + 1,16880438T1 + 0,66490881T2 + 0,60981266T3
where:
LMP
= the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcass,
T1, T2, T3 = the principal component variables calculated on the basis of the 31 variables of paragraph 3.
5. The measuring points and the statistical method are described in Part II of the protocol presented to the
Commission by Germany in accordance with Article 23(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 (*).
This formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 50 and 120 kg.
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(*) OJ L 337, 16.12.2008, p. 3.’;
(4) the following Parts IV and V are added:
‘PART IV
Autofom III
1. The rules provided for in this Part shall apply when the grading of pig carcasses is carried out by means of the
apparatus known as “Autofom III.”
2. The apparatus shall be equipped with 16 2 MHz ultrasonic transducers (Carometec A/S), with an operating
distance between transducers of 25 mm.
The ultrasonic data shall comprise measurements of backfat thickness, muscle thickness and related parameters.
The results of the measurements shall be converted into estimates of the percentage of lean meat by using a
computer.
3. The lean meat content of carcasses shall be calculated on the basis of 5 variables according to the following
formula:
LMP = 65,21715434 – 0,23517230R2P2 – 0,23350031R2P6 – 0,25098775R2P10 – 0,10926670R2P13 +
0,19342930R3P5
where:
LMP =
the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcass,
R2P2 — weighted average of two fat measures without skin (mm), weighted 2/3 and 1/3, respectively,
R2P6 — weighted average of two minimum fat measures (mm), weighted 2/3 and 1/3, respectively,
R2P10 — minimum fat of the cross-section (mm),
R2P13 — the initial assessment of the carcass size,
R3P5 — the maximum meat measure (maximum rib position minus minimum fat position converted to mm).
4. The measuring points are described in Part II of the protocol presented to the Commission by Germany in
accordance with Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008.
This formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 50 and 120 kg.
PART V
CSB Image-Meater
1. The rules provided for in this Part shall apply when the grading of pig carcasses is carried out by means of the
apparatus known as “CSB Image-Meater”.
2. The CSB Image-Meater consists in particular of a video camera, a PC equipped with an image-analysis card, a
screen, a printer, a command mechanism, a rate mechanism and interfaces. The 3 Image-Meater variables are all
measured at the split line in the ham area (around M. gluteus medius):
The results of the measurements shall be converted into estimates of the percentage of lean meat by using a
computer.

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3. The lean meat content of carcases shall be calculated according to the following formula:
LMP = 68,06616 – 0,45829MS + 0,11278MF – 0,25545WL
where:
LMP = the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcass,
MS — mean fat measure above (dorsal of) M. gluteus medius (mm),
MF — mean meat measure — over the length of M. gluteus medius (mm),
WL — mean length of the four lumbar vertebral bodies cranial of the M. gluteus medius (mm).
4. The measuring points are described in Part II of the protocol presented to the Commission by Germany in
accordance with Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008.
This formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 50 and 120 kg.’.

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