Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1728 of 17 November 2020 on authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Croatia (notified under document C(2020) 7880) (Only the Croatian 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 Croatia: (a) the ‘Hennessy Grading Probe 2 (HGP2)’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are set out in Part I of the Annex; (b) the ‘Hennessy Grading Probe 7 (HGP7)’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are set out in Part II of the Annex; (c) the ‘OptiGrade-MCP’ apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are set out in Part III of the Annex. (d) the ‘OptiScan-TP’ and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are set out in Part IV of the Annex. (e) the ‘manual method (ZP)’ with a ruler and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are set out in Part V of the Annex.

2 The manual method ZP with a ruler and the assessment methods related thereto, referred to in point (e) of paragraph 1, shall only be authorised for slaughterhouses where the number of pigs slaughtered per week does not exceed 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.

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Croatia.