2010/642/EU: Commission Decision of 25 October 2010 authorising a method for grading pig carcases in Greece (notified under document C(2010) 7230)

The use of the following method is hereby authorised for grading dehided pig carcases pursuant to point B.IV, paragraph 1, of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in Greece: the apparatus termed ‘Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 4)’ and the assessment method related thereto, details of which are given in the Annex.

Notwithstanding the standard presentation laid down in the first paragraph of point B.III of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, pig carcases in Greece may be dehided in a uniform manner before being weighed and graded. In order to establish quotations for pig carcases on a comparable basis, the recorded hot carcase weight shall be adjusted according to the following formula: hot carcase weight = 1,05232 × weight of the dehided carcase

Modifications of the apparatus or the assessment method shall not be authorised.

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.