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REGULATION (EEC) No 2108/70 OF THE COUNCIL
of 20 October 1970 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Whereas, because the ' weight distribution of pig carcases differs between Member States , Member Having regard to the Treaty establishing the States should be permitted to limit, in grades I, II and European Economic Community, and in particular III, the number of weight grades, pig carcases of 90 Article 43 thereof ; kg or more being put into a single grade ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No Whereas, in view of the above-mentioned factors, 121/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common Council Regulation No 211 /67/EEC4 of 27 June 1967 organisation of the market in pigmeat, as last determining the Community scale for grading pig amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1253/70,2 and in carcases should be repealed ; particular Articles 2 and 4 (5 ) thereof; Whereas, to facilitate the introduction of quotations Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; for pig carcases on a common basis and to make these quotations comparable to the basic prices for Having regard to the Opinion of the European the standard quality, the Community scale should in Parliament3 ; future be used for determining quotations for pig carcases and in particular for determining the average Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and price for pig carcases referred to in Article 4 of Social Committee ; Regulation No 121/67/EEC;
Whereas, before 1 „ August of each year, a basic price must be fixed for pig carcases of a standard quality HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : defined with reference to a Community scale for grading pig carcases; Article 1
Whereas it is, therefore, .necessary to establish rules 1 . The Community scale for grading pig carcases ensuring uniform grading of pig carcases ; shall be as shown in Annex I and the bases for the grading of these carcases in Annex II. Whereas this grading must first be made on the basis of objective criteria, such as the weight of the carcase and the thickness of the back fat ; whereas the 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 , grading of pig carcases may then be adjusted on the Member States which so request may, in view of the basis of a subjective assessment of muscular characteristics of their pigmeat production, be development in the principal parts of the carcase authorised in accordance with the procedure (ham, loin, shoulder, belly); provided for in Article 24 of Regulation No 121 /67/EEC, to replace the weight grades for pig Whereas the combined use of objective criteria carcases of 90 kg and more in commercial grades I, II (thickness of back fat in relation to weight) and and III by a single weight grade to include pig subjective criteria ( conformation)' enables the carcases weighing 90 kg and more of which the following five commercial grades to be determined : E thickness of the back fat does not exceed : (extra), I (very good proportion of meat), II (good in grade I : 35 mm, proportion of meat), III (average proportion of meat), IV ( heavy or fatty pig carcases); in grade II : 40 mm, in grade III : 45 mm . 1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2283 /67. 2 OJ No L 143 , 1.7.1970, p . 1 . 3 OJ No C 160 , 18.12.1969 , p. 50 . 4 OJ No 135 , 30.6.1967, p. 2872/67.
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Article 2 application, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24 of Regulation No 121 /67/EEC . Subject to any exception which may be decided upon by the Council, acting in accordance with the voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty on a proposal from the Commission, and made Article 4 necessary by the temporary lack of representative quotations for pig carcases in a Member State, the Regulation No 211 /67/EEC is hereby repealed. latest date for determining quotations for pig carcases according to the Community scale shall be 1 November 1971 .
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Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation, This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November and in particular measures ensuring its uniform 1970 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Luxembourg, 20 October 1970.
For the Council The President
H. D. GRIESAU
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ANNEX I
Community scale for grading pig carcases
Commercial Grade Subgrade Carcase weight in kg Thickness of back fat in mm Description
E E AA 60 or more but less than 70 up to 15 inclusive showing exceptional mus extra 70 or more up to 20 inclusive cular development in all principal parts of the carcase
I I A 60 or more but less than 70 up to 20 inclusive showing very good muscu very good 70 or more but less than 80 up to 25 inclusive lar development in all prin proportion 80 or more but less than 90 up to 30 inclusive cipal parts of the carcase of meat 90 or more but less than 100 up to 35 inclusive 100 or more but less than 120 up to 40 inclusive 120 or more but less than 140 up to 50 inclusive 140 or more but less than 160 up to 55 inclusive 160 and over up to 60 inclusive
II II A 60 or more but less than 70 up to 25 inclusive showing good muscular good 70 or more but less than 80 up to 30 inclusive development in all principal proportion 80 or more but less than 90 up to 35 inclusive parts of the carcase of meat 90 or more but less than 100 up to 40 inclusive 100 or more but less than 120 up to 45 inclusive 120 or more but less than 140 up to 55 inclusive 140 or more but less than 160 up to 65 inclusive 160 and over up to 70 inclusive or
I B weight of carcase and thickness of back fat as for I but defective in one princi pal part of the carcase
III III A 60 or more but less than 70 up to 30 inclusive showing average muscular average 70 or more but less than 80 up to 35 inclusive development in all principal proportion 80 or more but less than 90 up to 40 inclusive parts of the carcase of meat 90 or more but less than 100 up to 45 inclusive 100 or more but less than 120 up to 50 inclusive 120 ór more but less than 140 up to 60 inclusive 140 or more but less than 160 up to 70 inclusive 160 and over up to 75 inclusive or
ΛΙ B weight of carcase and thickness of back fat as for II but defective in one princi pal part of the carcase or
I C weight of carcase and thickness of fat as but defective in two princi pal parts of the carcase
IV all carcases not falling within the above-mentioned grades
S 1 sow carcases with a very good proportion of meat
2 other sow carcases -
V boar carcases
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" ANNEX 11
Bases for grading pig carcases
1 . ' Carcases' means carcases bled and drawn , whole or divided down the middle , without tongue, bristles , hooves or genital organs .
2 . ' sow carcases ' means carcases of all weights of female domestic swine having farrowed at least once .
3 . 'Boar carcases ' means all weights of male domestic swine having been used for breeding.
Pig carcases are graded by combining : . — the assessment of fatness based on the thickness of back fat in relation to the weight of the carcase, and — the subjective assessment of the muscular development in the principal parts of the carcase, i.e. ham , loin , shoulder and belly.
Fatness, determined by the thickness of back fat and the weight of the carcase, is expressed in the Roman numerals I, II and III.
— the weight being that of the carcase when cold, — the thickness of back fat being measured on a carcase, skin included, in the centre of the muscular mass at the level of the sacrum and at the level of the last rib ; the greater thickness resulting from these two measurements being taken .