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Article 1

United Kingdom

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Decision 2009/11/EC is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    Article 1 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Article 1

    The use of the following methods is authorised for grading pig carcasses pursuant to point 1 of Section B.IV of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilf1 in Spain:

    1. (a)

      the “Fat-O-Meat'er (FOM)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the Annex;

    2. (b)

      the “Fully automatic ultrasonic carcase grading (Autofom)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 2 of the Annex;

    3. (c)

      the “Ultrafom 300” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 3 of the Annex;

    4. (d)

      the “Automatic vision system (VCS2000)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 4 of the Annex;

    5. (e)

      the “Fat-O-Meat'er II (FOM II)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 5 of the Annex;

    6. (f)

      the “AutoFOM III” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 6 of the Annex;

    7. (g)

      the “manual method (ZP)” with a ruler and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 7 of the Annex;

    8. (h)

      the “CSB-Image-Meater” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 8 of the Annex;

    9. (i)

      the “gmSCAN” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 9 of the Annex.

    The manual method ZP with a ruler, referred to in point (g) of the first paragraph, shall only be authorised for abattoirs:

    1. (a)

      where the number of slaughters does not exceed 500 pigs per week on yearly average basis; and

    2. (b)

      having a slaughter line with a capacity to process no more than 40 pigs per hour.’

  2. (2)

    The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

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 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).’