No L 200/64 Official Journal of the European Communities 29.7.97 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 10 July 1997 amending Decision 97/28/EC authorizing a method for grading pig carcases in France (Only the French text is authentic) (97/473/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 (EC) No 3513/93 (3), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof, Whereas Commission Decision 97/28/EC (%) authorizes a method for grading pig carcases in France; Whereas Decision 97/28/EC contains a derogation as regards the standard quality of pig carcase; whereas the French authorities have informed the Commission that this derogation is no longer necessary, although the poss- ibility of presenting carcases with or without tongue should be maintained; whereas, as a result, that Decision should be amended; 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 Atrticle 2 of Decision 97/28/EC is hereby replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 Notwithstanding the standard presentation referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84, pig carcases may be presented with the tongue during weighing and grading. In such cases, in order to es- tablish quotations for pig carcases on a comparable basis, the recorded warm weight shall be reduced by 0,5 %. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. Done at Brussels, 10 July 1997. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission () ) ) O] No L 301, 20. 11. 1984, p. L. O] No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 5. O] No L 12, 15 1. 1997, p. 30.