
Article 1 
The use of the following methods is hereby authorised for grading pig carcases pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 in the Netherlands:

((a)) the apparatus termed Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 2) and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the Annex;
((b)) the apparatus termed VISION system (VCS 2000) and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 2 of the Annex.
Article 2 
Modifications of the apparatuses or the assessment methods shall not be authorised.
Article 3 
Decision 87/131/EEC is hereby repealed.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Done at Brussels, 26 August 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
PART 1
1. Grading of pig carcases shall be carried out by means of the apparatus termed as Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 2).

2. The apparatus shall be equipped with a probe of 5,95 millimetres in diameter (and of 6,3 millimetres at the blade on top of the probe) containing a photodiode (LED Siemens of the type LYU 260-EO and photodetector of the type 58 MR) and having an operating distance of between 0 and 120 millimetres. The results of the measurements shall be converted into estimated lean meat content by means of the HGP 2 itself as well as a computer linked to it.

3. The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula:
 = p  gilt + (1 – p)  castrate (%)
where:
the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase, gilt61,38 – 0,74 X1 + 0,13 X2 (%), castrate59,35 – 0,67 X1 + 0,13 X2 (%),
where:
X1the thickness of back-fat (including rind) in millimetres, measured at six centimetres off the midline of the split carcase, between the third and fourth last ribs,X2the thickness of muscle in millimetres, measured at the same time and in the same place as X1,p1/ (1 + exp (– η)),
where:
η– 3,277 – 0,4580 X1 + 0,3038 X2 + 0,007777 (X1)2 – 0,001792 (X2)2 – 0,002557 X1 * X2
This formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 50 and 120 kg.

4. However, as from 1 July 2006, the lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula:
 = 60,85 – 0,745 X1 + 0,133 X2
where:
predicted lean meat percentage,X1the thickness of back-fat (including rind) in millimetres, measured at six centimetres off the midline of the split carcase, between the third and fourth last ribs,X2the thickness of muscle in millimetres, measured at the same time and in the same place as X1.
This formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 50 and 120 kilograms.

PART 2
1. Grading of pig carcases shall be carried out by means of the apparatus termed VISION system (VCS 2000).

2. The apparatus VISION system (VCS 2000) is a picture-processing system for automatically determining the trade values of pork-carcass-halves. The system is used online within the slaughtering production system where via a camera system the carcass halves are automatically filmed. The picture data is then processed in a computer by special picture-processing software.

3. The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula:
x1– 0,02578308x20,01819554x3– 0,01880347x40,01336851x50,03402026x6– 0,00431013x70,01399586x8– 0,01685383x90,03029107x100,00001618x110,00003510x120,00017285x13– 0,00006323x14– 0,00007814x150,03852565x160,03703442x170,04915633x180,16952262x19– 0,07474948x20– 0,00000064x21– 0,00000045x22– 0,00000217x230,00007137x240,00001311x250,00005955x260,00021689x270,00003631x280,00003996x290,00010888x300,00000010x31– 0,00002481x32– 0,00003633x33– 0,00000496x34– 0,00000991x35– 0,00000980x36– 0,00001532x37– 0,00000254x38– 0,00000886x390,00064604x40– 0,00057968x410,00012513x42– 0,00002055x43– 0,00000035x44– 0,00001008x45– 0,00017158x460,00019477x47– 0,00329811x480,00018512x490,02520693x50– 0,02466706x51– 0,00286098x52– 0,01983356x53– 0,00012369x54– 0,04044495x550,00069282x560,00025689x570,00403378x580,00028090x5910,79585085x60– 0,65106186x61– 0,29583150x620,16410084x630,06306376x64– 2,22708974x650,09886817x660,55302524x67– 1,38136772x68– 12,51618138x69– 2,65248635x709,08361318x71– 0,00003025x72– 0,00043013x73– 0,00083619x74– 0,00013210x750,00002221x76– 0,00007579x77– 0,00031534x78– 0,00001867x79– 0,00003067x800,00002421x81– 0,00026088x820,00067359x830,00024535x84– 0,00000847x850,00003206x860,00007141x870,00006951x88– 0,04465410x890,01774709x90– 0,03618843x91– 0,02700865x92– 0,02221780x93– 0,03644020x94– 0,01766434x950,00516267x96– 0,02958650x97– 0,01189834x980,00184860x990,00894691x1000,01586154x101– 0,01265988x102– 0,00912249x1030,02734395x1040,13333009x1050,18105960x106– 0,06387375x1070,03471900x1080,21910356x109– 0,12423421x1100,09408101x1110,01363443x1120,06193271x113– 0,02802852x1140,02757767x1150,00035641

4. Descriptions of the measurement points and the statistical method can be found in Part II of the Dutch protocol forwarded to the Commission in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85.
This formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 50 and 120 kilograms.
