Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/871 of 23 June 2020 on authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Lithuania (Only the Lithuanian text is authentic)

1 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 Lithuania: (a) the ‘Fat-O-Meat’er S70 (FOM S70)’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are set out in Part I of the Annex; (b) the ‘Fat-O-Meat’er II (FOM II)’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are set out in Part II of the Annex; (c) the ‘manual method (ZP)’ with a ruler and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are set out in Part III of the Annex.

2 The manual method ZP with a ruler, referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1, shall only be authorised for slaughterhouses: (a) where the number of pigs slaughtered per week does not exceed 500, calculated as an annual average; or (b) only in case of failure of the grading methods referred to in point (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, where the number of pigs slaughtered per week exceeds 500, calculated as an annual average.

Modifications of the authorised apparatuses or grading methods shall not be allowed unless explicitly authorised by Commission Implementing Decision.

Decision 2008/364/EC is repealed with effect from 1 May 2021.

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Lithuania.