" No L 146/66 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 6. 87 COMMISSION DECISION of 18 May 1987 authorizing methods for grading pig carcases in Ireland (Only the English text is authentic) (87/293/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86 (%, and in particular Article 4 (6) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases (°), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/86 (*), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof, Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 provides that the grading of pig carcases must be deter- mined by estimating the content of lean meat in accord- ance with statistically proven assessment methods based on the physical measurement of one or more anatomical parts of the pig carcase; whereas the authorization of grading methods is subject to compliance with a maximum tolerance for statistical error in assessment; whereas this tolerance has been defined in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 of 24 October 1985 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Community scale for grading pig carcases (°) ; Whereas the Government of Ireland has requested the Commission to authorize three methods for grading pig carcases 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 three grading methods are fulfilled ; Whereas no modification of apparatus or grading methods may be authorized except by means of a new Commission decision adopted in the light of experience y OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. OJ No L 133, 21. 5. 1986, p. 39. O] No L 301, 20. 11. 1984, p. 1. O] No L 326, 21. 11. 1986, p. 8. O] No L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 39. gained ; whereas, under these circumstances, the present authorization may be revoked ; 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 Use of the following methods is hereby authorized for grading pig carcases pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 in Ireland: — the apparatus termed ‘Fat-O-Meater (FOM) and assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the Annex, — the apparatus termed ‘Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 2)’ and assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 2 of the Annex, — the method termed ‘Introscope/midline’ details of which are given in Part 3 of the Annex. Article 2 Modifications of apparatus or of assessment methods shall not be authorized. - Article 3 This Decision is addressed to Ireland. Done at Brussels, 18 May 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President