LegalizeCommission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs for hatching and farmyard poultry chicks
Article 1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation:
‘eggs for hatching’ means poultry eggs falling within subheadings 0407 00 11 and 0407 00 19 of the Combined Nomenclature intended for the production of chicks, classified according to species, category and type and identified in accordance with this Regulation, produced in the Community or imported from third countries;
‘chicks’ means live farmyard poultry the weight of which does not exceed 185 grammes, either produced in the Community or imported from third countries and falling within subheadings 0105 11 and 0105 19 of the Combined Nomenclature, of the following categories:
(a) utility chicks: chicks of one of the following types: (i) table type chicks: chicks intended to be fattened and slaughtered before reaching sexual maturity; (ii) laying chicks: chicks intended to be raised with a view to the production of eggs for consumption; (iii) dual-purpose chicks: chicks intended either for laying or for the table; (b) parent stock chicks: chicks intended for the production of utility chicks; (c) grandparent stock chicks: chicks intended for the production of parent stock chicks;
‘establishment’ means the establishment or part of an establishment for each of the following sectors of activity:
(a) pedigree breeding establishment: an establishment for the production of eggs for hatching intended for the production of grandparent stock, parent stock or utility chicks; (b) breeding establishment: an establishment for the production of eggs for hatching intended for the production of utility chicks; (c) hatchery: an establishment for incubating eggs, hatching and supplying chicks;
‘capacity’ means the maximum number of eggs for hatching which may be placed simultaneously in incubators excluding hatchers.
Article 2
Registration of establishments
The distinguishing number may be withdrawn from establishments which do not comply with the provisions of this Regulation.
Article 3
Marking of eggs for hatching and their packaging
Eggs for hatching from third countries may be imported only if they bear, in type at least 3 mm high, the name of the country of origin and the printed words ‘à couver’, ‘valenje’, ‘broedei’, ‘rugeaeg’, ‘Bruteier’, ‘προς εκκόλαψιν’, ‘para incubar’, ‘hatching’, ‘cova’, ‘para incubação’, ‘haudottavaksi’, ‘för kläckning’, ‘líhnutí’, ‘haue’, ‘inkubācija’, ‘perinimas’, ‘keltetésre’, ‘tifqis’, ‘do wylęgu’, ‘valjenje’, ‘liahnutie’, ‘за люпене’, ‘incubare’. Their packaging must contain only eggs for hatching of the same species, category and type of poultry from the same country of origin and sender, and must bear at least the following particulars:
(a) the information shown on the eggs;
(b) the species of poultry from which the eggs come;
(c) the sender's name or business name and address.
Article 4
Marking of packs containing chicks
Chicks originating in third countries may be imported only if they are grouped in accordance with paragraph 1. The boxes must contain only chicks from the same country of origin and sender and shall bear at least the following particulars:
(a) the name of the country of origin;
(b) the species of poultry to which the chicks belong;
(c) the sender's name or business name and address.
The markings to be made on packaging shall be made in indelible black ink, in letters or figures at least 20 mm high and 10 mm wide, drawn 1 mm thick.
Article 5
Accompanying documents
An accompanying document shall be drawn up in respect of each batch of eggs for hatching or chicks dispatched and shall bear at least the following particulars:
(a) the name or business name and address of the establishment and its distinguishing number;
(b) the number of eggs for hatching or chicks according to species, category and type of poultry;
(c) the date of dispatch;
(d) the name and address of the consignee.
Article 6
Records
Each hatchery shall record, by species, category (parent, grandparent or utility stock) and type (table use, laying or dual purpose):
(a) the date on which the eggs were placed in incubation, the number of incubated eggs and the distinguishing number of the establishment in which the eggs for hatching were produced;
(b) the date of hatching and the number of hatched chicks intended for actual use;
(c) the number of incubated eggs removed from the incubator and the identity of the buyer.
Article 7
Use of eggs removed from the incubator
Incubated eggs removed from the incubator shall be used for purposes other than human consumption. They may be used as industrial eggs within the meaning of the second paragraph, point (h) of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 (1).
Article 8
Communications
Article 9
Inspection agencies
Agencies appointed by each Member State shall check that the provisions of this Regulation are observed.
Article 10
Penalties
Member States shall take all necessary measures to impose penalties for any infringement of the Regulations on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks.
Article 11a
Implementation of the notification obligation
The notifications to the Commission referred to in Article 3(3) and Article 8(7) of this Regulation shall be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 (2).
Article 12
Repeal
Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77 is hereby repealed with effect from 1 July 2008.
References to the repealed Regulation and to Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 shall be construed as references to this Regulation and should be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex V.
Article 13
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
| BE | for Belgium |
|---|---|
| BG | for Bulgaria |
| CZ | for the Czech Republic |
| DK | for Denmark |
| DE | for the Federal Republic of Germany |
| EE | for Estonia |
| IE | for Ireland |
| EL | for Greece |
| ES | for Spain |
| FR | for France |
| HR | for Croatia |
| IT | for Italy |
| CY | for Cyprus |
| LV | for Latvia |
| LT | for Lithuania |
| LU | for Luxembourg |
| HU | for Hungary |
| MT | for Malta |
| NL | for the Netherlands |
| AT | for Austria |
| PL | for Poland |
| PT | for Portugal |
| RO | for Romania |
| SI | for Slovenia |
| SK | for Slovakia |
| FI | for Finland |
| SE | for Sweden |
| UK | for the United Kingdom |
ANNEX II
Marking referred to in Article 3(4)
— In Bulgarian: яйца за люпене
— in Spanish: huevos para incubar
— in Czech: násadová vejce
— in Danish: Rugeæg
— in German: Bruteier
— in Estonian: Haudemunad
— in Greek: αυγά προς εκκόλαψιν
— in English: eggs for hatching
— in French: œufs à couver
— in Croatian: jaja za valenje
— in Italian: uova da cova
— in Latvian: inkubējamas olas
— in Lithuanian: perinti skirti kiaušiniai
— in Hungarian: keltetőtojás
— in Maltese: bajd tat-tifqis
— in Dutch: broedeieren
— in Polish: jaja wylęgowe
— in Portuguese: ovos para incubação
— in Romanian: ouă puse la incubat
— in Slovak: násadové vajcia
— in Slovene: valilna jajca
— in Finnish: munia haudottavaksi
— in Swedish: kläckägg
ANNEX V
| Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 | Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77 | This Regulation |
|---|---|---|
| Article 1 | — | Article 1 |
| Article 3 | — | Article 2(1) |
| — | Article 1(1) | Article 2(2) and Annex I |
| — | Article 1(2) | Article 2(3) |
| Article 5(1) | — | Article 3(1) |
| — | Article 2(1) | Article 3(2) |
| — | Article 2(2) first subparagraph | Article 3(3) |
| — | Article 2(2) second subparagraph | Article 3(6) |
| — | Article 2(2) third subparagraph | Article 3(3) |
| Article 5(2) | — | Article 3(4) and Annex II |
| Article 5(3) | — | Article 3(5) |
| Article 6 | — | Article 3(8) |
| — | Article 2(3) | Article 3(7) |
| Article 11 | — | Article 4(1) and (2) |
| Article 12 | — | Article 4(3) first subparagraph |
| — | Article 3 | Article 4(3) second subparagraph |
| Article 13 | — | Article 5 |
| Article 7 | — | Article 6 |
| Article 8 | — | Article 7 |
| Article 9 | — | Article 8(1) and (2) |
| Article 10(1) | — | Article 8(3) |
| — | Article 4(1) | Article 8(4) |
| — | Article 4(2) | Article 8(5) |
| — | Article 4(3) | Article 8(6) |
| — | Article 4(4) | Article 8(7) |
| Article 16 | — | Article 9 |
| — | Article 5 | Article 10 |
| — | Article 6 | Article 11 |
| — | Article 7 | Article 12, first paragraph |
| — | Article 8 | Article 13 |
| — | Annex I | Annex III |
| — | Annex II | Annex IV |
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