# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1521 of 10 October 2018 amending Decision 2009/11/EC authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Spain (notified under document C(2018) 6507) (Only the Spanish text is authentic), Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Decision 2009/11/EC is amended as follows:
(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 Council in Spain:
(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;
(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;
(c) the “Ultrafom 300” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 3 of the Annex;
(d) the “Automatic vision system (VCS2000)” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 4 of the Annex;
(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;
(f) the “AutoFOM III” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 6 of the Annex;
(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;
(h) the “CSB-Image-Meater” apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 8 of the Annex;
(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:
(a) where the number of slaughters does not exceed 500 pigs per week on yearly average basis; and
(b) having a slaughter line with a capacity to process no more than 40 pigs per hour.’
(2) The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1521/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1521/article-1
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