97/546/EC: Commission Decision of 10 July 1997 amending Decision 89/471/EEC authorizing methods for grading pig carcases in Germany (Only the German text is authentic)

97/546/EC: Commission Decision of 10 July 1997 amending Decision 89/471/EEC authorizing methods for grading pig carcases in Germany (Only the German text is authentic) Official Journal L 224 , 14/08/1997 P. 0020 - 0020 COMMISSION DECISION of 10 July 1997 amending Decision 89/471/EEC authorizing methods for grading pig carcases in Germany (Only the German text is authentic) (97/546/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3513/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof, Whereas Commission Decision 89/471/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 97/369/EC (4), authorizes various methods for grading pig carcases in Germany;

Whereas the use of the new formula for calculating the lean meat content of carcases introduced by the recent amendment of Decision 89/471/EEC as regards the method 'ZP` has revealed certain deficiencies relating to the accuracy of estimates; whereas, as a result, the use of the former formula should be authorized; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 In part II of the Annex to Decision 89/471/EEC the formula under point 2 is hereby replaced by the following: '^y = 49,978 + 26,0429 >NUM>S >DEN>F + 4,5154 √F - 2,5018 log S - 8,4212 √S`.

Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. Done at Brussels, 10 July 1997. 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 233, 10. 8. 1989, p. 30. (4) OJ No L 157, 14. 6. 1997, p. 16.