The method for assessing the lean meat content of carcases authorized as a grading method within the meaning of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 is based on a representative sample of the national or regional pigmeat production concernd by the assessement method, consisting of at least 50 carcases whose lean meta content has been ascertained in accordance with the dissection method laid down in Annex I, combined with a nationally established quick method of carcase assessment using double regression or other statistically proven procedure, and such that the resulting precision is at least equal to that obtained using standard regression techniques on 120 carcases using the method in Annex I.
