2014/476/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 17 July 2014 authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Sweden and repealing Decision 97/370/EC (notified under document C(2014) 4946)

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 in Sweden: (a) the ‘Intra-scope (Optical Probe)’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part I of the Annex; (b) the ‘Hennessy Grading Probe 2 (HGP 2)’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part II of the Annex; (c) the ‘AutoFom III’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part III of the Annex; (d) the ‘Fat-O-Meat'er II (FOM II)’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part IV of the Annex; (e) the ‘Hennessy Grading Probe 7 (HGP 7)’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part V of the Annex.

Modifications of the authorised apparatus or grading methods shall not be allowed, unless those modifications are explicitly authorised by Commission Implementing Decision.

Decision 97/370/EC is repealed.

This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2014.

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Sweden.