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Official Journal of the European Union
14.7.2012
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 12 July 2012
amending Decision 2009/12/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Denmark
(notified under document C(2012) 4712)
(Only the Danish text is authentic)
(2012/385/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(5) Decision
2009/12/EC
should
therefore
be
amended
accordingly.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(6) Modifications
of
the
apparatus
or
grading
methods
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
should not be allowed, unless they are explicitly auth
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri
orised by Commission Implementing Decision.
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri
(7) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 1 ), and in particular
accordance with the opinion of the Management
Article 43(m), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agri
Whereas:
cultural Markets,
(1) By
Commission
Decision
2009/12/EC
( 2 ), the use of six
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
methods for grading pig carcasses in Denmark was auth
orised.
Article 1

Decision 2009/12/EC is amended as follows:
(2) Denmark
has
stated
that
the
development
of
the
automatic equipment, AutoFOM, in a version called
(1) in Article 1, the following point (g) is added:
‘version III’ makes its use and calibration aimed at
Danish slaughterhouses desirable. It is therefore
‘(g) the “Automatic ultrasound instrument (AutoFOM III)”
necessary to obtain the formula for this new method.
apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto,
details of which are given in Part 7 of the Annex.’;
(3) Denmark
has
requested
the
Commission
to
authorise
that
new method for grading pig carcasses on its territory and
(2) the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this
has presented a detailed description of the dissection trial,
Decision.
indicating the principles on which this method is based,
the results of its dissection trial and the equation used for
Article 2
assessing the percentage of lean meat in the protocol
provided for in Article 23(4) of Commission Regulation
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark.
(EC) No 1249/2008 of 10 December 2008 laying down
detailed rules on the implementation of the Community
scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep
Done at Brussels, 12 July 2012.
carcasses and the reporting of prices thereof ( 3 ).
(4) Examination
of
that
request
has
revealed
that
the
For the Commission
conditions for authorising that grading method are
fulfilled. That grading method should therefore be auth
Dacian CIOLO
orised in Denmark.
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 6, 10.1.2009, p. 83.
( 3 ) OJ L 337, 16.12.2008, p. 3.

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EN
14.7.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
186/37
ANNEX
In the Annex to Decision 2009/12/EC the following Part 7 is added:
‘Part 7
AUTOMATIC ULTRASOUND INSTRUMENT (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 sixteen 2 MHz ultrasonic transducers (Carometec A/S), with an operating
distance between transducers of 25 mm. The ultrasonic data shall comprise measurements of back fat thickness,
muscle thickness and related parameters. The results of the measurements are converted into estimates of the
percentage of lean meat by using a computer.
3. The lean meat content of a carcass shall be calculated according to the following formula:
= 72,05017 – (1,31831 × R2P5) – (0,37231 × R2P10) – (0,36672 × R2P11) + (0,03146 × R3P3) +
(0,05058 × R3P5) – (0,02641 × R4P8) – (0,06667 × R4P10) – (0,27698 × R4P11)
where:
= the estimated percentage of lean meat in a carcass,
R2P5, R2P10, R2P11, R3P3, R3P5, R4P8, R4P10 and R4P11 — are the variables measured by AutoFOM III.
4. The measuring points are described in Part II of the protocol presented to the Commission by Denmark in accordance
with Article 23(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 (*).
This formula shall be valid for carcasses weighing between 50 and 110 kg.
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(*) OJ L 337, 16.12.2008, p. 3.’

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