Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2100 of 18 November 2015 authorising methods for grading pig carcases in Latvia and repealing Decision 2005/307/EC (notified under document C(2015) 7986)

The use of the following methods is authorised for grading pig carcases pursuant to point 1 of Section B.IV of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in Latvia: (a) the ‘Intrascope (Optical Probe)’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part I of the Annex; (b) the ‘Manual method (ZP)’ and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part II of the Annex; (c) the ‘Pork Grader (PG200)’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part III of the Annex; (d) the ‘OptiGrade-MCP’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part IV of the Annex. The manual method ZP referred to in point (b) of the first paragraph, shall only be authorised in slaughterhouses: a) using an electronic data input method with the limit of slaughters of not more than 500 pigs per week; b) having the limit of slaughters of not more than 200 pigs per week.

Notwithstanding the standard presentation laid down in point B.III of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, pig carcases in Latvia may be presented without the head, the tail, the forefeet and/or the hind feet before being weighed and graded. In order to establish quotations for pig carcases on a comparable basis, the following fixed coefficients shall be applied in all cases if some of the following carcase parts are missing: for the missing head: 8,345, for the missing tail: 0,072, for the missing forefeet: 0,764, for the missing hind feet: 1,558. The standard presentation carcase weight shall be calculated according to the formula: Standard presentation carcase weight = 100 × carcase weight (without missing part(s))/(100 – coefficient(s) for missing part(s))

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

Decision 2005/307/EC is repealed.

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2016.

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Latvia.