.29, 12. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 328/57 COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1993 amending Decision 88/184/EEC authorizing a method for grading pig carcases in Belgium (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic) (93/703/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (%), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof, ' Whereas Commission Decision 88/184/EEC (?) has intro- duced a grading method for use in Belgium ; Whereas the Government of Belgium has requested the Commission to authorize the application of a new formula for the calculation of the lean meat content of carcases in the framework of the existing grading method and has submitted the details required in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 (*); whereas an examina- tion of this request has revealed that the conditions for authorizing the new formula are fulfilled ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 Point 3 of the Annex to Decision 88/184/EEC is replaced by the following : () OJ No L 301, 20. 11. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. () OJ No L 83, 29. 3. 1988, p. 40. () OJ No L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 39. ‘3, The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula: § =112,19 — 0,6184 x, + 0,5037 x, — 0,7234 Xx; — 36,2413 x, + 0,0448 x; where ’ § = the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase, x; = the thickness of fat (including rind) in millimetres, covering the lumbar muscle (M. glutaeus medius), measured at its thin- nest point, x, = the width of the leg in millimetres, measured at its thickest point, x; = the width of the half-carcase at the flank in millimetres, measured at its narrowest point, . . X x, = the coefficient 7{2—: 3 x; = the angle of the leg in degrees, measured against the horizontal line. ' The formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 50 and 110 kilograms. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1993. For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission