96/4/EC: Commission Decision of 13 December 1995 authorizing a method for grading pig carcases in Austria (Only the German text is authentic)

• Articles: 5

Article 1

Use of the assessment method known as the 'Zwei-Punkte-Meßverfahren (ZP)`, details of which are given in the Annex hereto, is hereby authorized as the only method for the grading of pig carcases in Austria in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84.

Article 2

No modification of the assessment method (site of measurement or formula) shall be authorized.

Article 3

Notwithstanding the standard presentation referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84, the pig carcases can be presented with the flare fat, kidneys, and diaphragm when being weighed and graded. In order to establish quotations for pig carcases on a comparable basis, the recorded hot weight shall be decreased by 2,3 %.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Austria.

It shall apply until 31 December 1997.

Done at Brussels, 13 December 1995.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 301, 20. 11. 1984, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 5.

(3) OJ No L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 39.

(4) OJ No L 330, 21. 12. 1994, p. 34.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ZWEI-PUNKTE-MESSVERFAHREN (ZP)

1. Grading pig carcases by use of the method termed 'Zwei-Punkte-Meßverfahren (ZP)`.

2. The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula:

^y = 28,7886 - 1,17338 ×a + 0,01470 x a2 + 0,89053 × b - 0,00426 × b2

where:

^y = the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase,

a = the minimum thickness in millimetres of visible fat (including rind) on the midline of the split carcase, covering the lumbar muscle (M. glutaeus medius),

b = the visible thickness in millimetres of the lumbar muscle on the midline of the split carcase, measured at the shortest distance between the front (cranial) end of the lumbar muscle and the upper (dorsal) edge of the vertebral canal.

The formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 60 and 130 kilograms.