18. 9. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 236/47 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 5 September 1996 authorizing methods for grading pig carcases in Finland (Only the Finnish text is authentic) (96/550/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 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 accor- dance 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 (°), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3127/94 (%, Whereas the Government of Finland has requested the Commission to authorize two 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 two grading methods are fulfilled; () OJ No L 301, 20. 11. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 5. () OJ No L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 39. () OJ No L 330, 21. 12. 1994, p. 43. 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 Finland: — the apparatus called ‘Hennessy grading probe’ (HGP4) and assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the Annex, — the method called ‘Intrascope/Optical probe’ details of which are given in Part 2 of the Annex. Article 2 Modifications of apparatus or of assessment methods shall not be authorized. Article 3 This decision is addressed to Finland. Done at Brussels, 5 September 1996. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission