Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 (repealed)Show full title

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 of 24 October 1985 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Community scale for grading pig carcases (repealed)

Article 1U.K.

This Regulation lays down detailed rules implementing Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases.

Article 2U.K.

1.The weight of the cold carcase as referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 shall be obtained by deducting 2,0 % from the warm weight recorded not more than 45 minutes after the pig has been stuck.

2.If, in a given slaughterhouse, the 45-minute period between the sticking and the weighing of the pig cannot generally be observed, the competent authority of the Member State concerned may allow this period to be exceeded provided that the deduction of 2,0 % specified in paragraph 1 shall be reduced by 0,1 point for every additional quarter of an hour or part thereof that has elapsed.

3.By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the weight of the cold carcase may be calculated by reference to predetermined scales of absolute weight reductions established by Member States in accordance with the characteristics of their pig herds and notified to the Commission. The use of such scales shall be authorized in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, if the reductions for individual weight classes correspond, as far as possible, to the reductions resulting from paragraphs 1 and 2.

[F1Article 3 U.K.

[F21. The standard statistical method for assessing the lean meat content of pig carcases authorised as a grading method within the meaning of Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 shall be either ordinary least squares or rank reduced methods, but other statistically proven methods may be used.

The method shall be based on a representative sample of the national or regional pigmeat production concerned, consisting of at least 120 carcases whose lean meat content has been ascertained in accordance with the dissection method laid down in Annex I to this Regulation. If multiple sampling methods are used, the reference shall be measured on at least 50 carcases and the precision shall be at least equal to that obtained using the standard statistical method on 120 carcases using the method in Annex I.

2. Grading methods shall be authorised only if the root mean squared error of prediction (RMSEP), computed by a full cross-validation technique, is less than 2,5. In addition, any outliers shall be included in the calculation of RMSEP.]

3. Member States shall inform the Commission, by way of a protocol, of the grading methods they wish to have authorized for application in their territory, describing the dissection trial and indicating the principles on which these methods are based and the equations used for assessing the percentage of lean meat. The protocol should have two parts and should include the elements provided for in Annex II. Part one of the protocol is presented to the Commission prior to the start of the dissection trial.

Application of grading methods in the territory of a Member State shall be authorized in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the basis of the protocol.

4. The application of grading methods must correspond in all particulars to the description given in the Community Decision authorizing them.]

Article 4U.K.

1.Without prejudice to Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84, pig carcases shall be marked with the capital letter denoting the grade of the carcase on the scale given in Article 3 (2) and (3) thereof or with the percentage of estimated lean meat pursuant to Article 4 (1) thereof and, should the need arise, with any other particulars which are considered appropriate. The letters or numerals must be at least two centimetres high. Any non-toxic, indelible and heatresistant ink may be used for marking as well as any other form of permanent marking authorized in advance by the competent national authorities.

2.Half-carcases shall be marked on the skin of the hind shank or the ham.

3.A label affixed in such a manner that it cannot be removed without being damaged shall also be an acceptable form of marking.

Article 5U.K.

In the case specified in Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84, pig carcases shall be individually identified by any unalterable means.

Article 6U.K.

Member States shall adopt the measures they consider necessary to guarantee the application of this Regulation in their territory, and shall inform the Commission of such measures as soon as possible.

Article 7U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1985.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.