Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/170 of 5 February 2016 authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Finland (notified under document C(2016) 658)

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 Finland: (a) the ‘Hennessy Grading Probe 4 (HGP4)’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part I of the Annex; (b) the ‘AutoFOM III’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part II of the Annex.

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

Decision 96/550/EC is repealed.

This Decision shall apply from 1 February 2016.

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Finland.