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7.—(1) This Part applies to eggs to which point I(1) of [F1Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013] and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 apply (eggs in shell for consumption produced by hens of the species Gallus gallus).
(2) But it does not apply—
(a)to the sale of eggs to which point I(1) of [F2Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013] and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 apply, where the eggs are sold, without any quality or weight grading, directly to the final consumer by the producer —
(i)on the production site; or
(ii)by door-to-door selling; or
(b)except insofar as it relates to the requirement imposed by [F3Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013, to the sale of eggs to which point 1(1) of Part VI of Annex VII] to that Regulation and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 apply, where the eggs are sold, without any quality or weight grading, directly to the final consumer by the producer in a local public market.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (21.3.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/92), regs. 1, 5(7)(a)
F2Words in reg. 7(2)(a) substituted (21.3.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/92), regs. 1, 5(7)(a)
F3Words in reg. 7(2)(b) substituted (21.3.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/92), regs. 1, 5(7)(b)
Commencement Information
8. A person is guilty of an offence if they contravene, or fail to comply with, any provision mentioned in Schedule 2.
9.—(1) The Department is designated as the competent authority for the purpose of the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 (authorisation of undertakings as packing centres to grade eggs).
(2) Where an application is made to the Department under the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 to authorise an undertaking as a packing centre to grade eggs, the Department must give a notice to the applicant notifying them of the matters mentioned in paragraph (3) within a period of 28 days, beginning with the day after the day on which the Department receives the application.
(3) The matters are—
(a)the Department’s decision on the application;
(b)the reasons for any refusal to grant an authorisation; and
(c)in the case of any refusal to grant an authorisation, the right of appeal conferred by regulation 22 of these Regulations.
(4) Where the Department is not satisfied that an application should be granted, the Department may (before making a final decision about whether or not to refuse the application) give a notice to the applicant notifying them of the reason for this and—
(a)where the Department is not satisfied with the sufficiency of the data provided in support of the application, the Department may ask the applicant to provide further data;
(b)where the Department is not satisfied that the requirements mentioned in the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 that are relevant to the type of packing centre to be authorised have been met, the Department may ask the applicant to comply with any outstanding requirement; and
(c)the Department may give the applicant an opportunity to provide oral or written explanations to the Department in respect of the application.
(5) Where the Department decides to withdraw an authorisation of a packing centre to grade eggs because of a failure to comply with any of the requirements mentioned in the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008, the Department must give a notice to the person carrying on business at the packing centre (“P”) notifying them of the matters mentioned in paragraph (6) within 28 days, beginning with the day on which the decision is made.
(6) The matters are—
(a)the Department’s decision to withdraw the authorisation;
(b)the date on which the withdrawal of the authorisation is to take effect;
(c)the reasons for the withdrawal; and
(d)the right of appeal conferred by regulation 22 of these Regulations.
(7) Where the Department is minded to withdraw the authorisation of a packing centre to grade eggs because of a failure to comply with any of the requirements mentioned in the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008, the Department may (before making a final decision about whether or not to withdraw the authorisation) give a notice to P notifying them that the Department is minded to withdraw the authorisation, and the reasons for this, and—
(a)where the failure to comply with any of the requirements mentioned in the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 is continuing, the Department may ask P to take specified steps to ensure that those requirements are met; and
(b)the Department may give P an opportunity to provide oral or written explanations to the Department in respect of the matter.
(8) Where the Department gives a notice to an applicant under paragraph (4), or to P under paragraph (7), the Department must specify a deadline in the notice by which any action mentioned in the notice must be taken.
(9) Any deadline given by the Department under this regulation may be extended on one or more occasions.
(10) For the purposes of calculating the 28-day time limit mentioned in paragraph (2), time does not run during any period that the Department gives to an applicant to take any action mentioned in a notice under paragraph (4).
10.—(1) The provision in [F4Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013] (requiring class B eggs to be marked) does not apply where class B eggs are to be marketed exclusively in the United Kingdom.
(2) The provision in [F5Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013] (requiring eggs sold by a producer to a final consumer in a local public market to be marked in accordance with point III(1) of Part A of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation) does not apply in the case of a producer with up to 50 laying hens if the name and address of the producer are indicated at the point of sale.
(3) But paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to eggs that must be considered as class B eggs by virtue of paragraph (a) of the second sub-paragraph of point 2 of Part D of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003.
Textual Amendments
F4Words in reg. 10(1) substituted (21.3.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/92), regs. 1, 5(8)
F5Words in reg. 10(2) substituted (21.3.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/92), regs. 1, 5(9)
Commencement Information
11. For the purpose of paragraph (b) of the second sub-paragraph of point 1 of Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 (setting down the minimum requirements that need to be met in order for eggs to be marketed as free-range eggs), livestock grazing is authorised on open-air runs to which laying hens have access.
12.—(1) By way of derogation from the provisions of point 1 of Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008, eggs to which paragraph (2) applies may be marketed as free-range eggs.
(2) This paragraph applies to eggs that have—
(a)been produced in a system of production that does not comply with any one or more of the conditions mentioned in paragraph (3); and
(b)been produced in an establishment—
(i)with fewer than 350 laying hens at the time the eggs are produced;
(ii)rearing breeding laying hens at the time that the eggs are produced; or
(iii)rearing breeding laying hens and with fewer than 350 laying hens at that time.
[F6(3) The conditions are the conditions in the following provisions of the Northern Ireland welfare regulations—
(a)paragraph 2(d) of Schedule 2;
(b)paragraph 2(e) of Schedule 2;
(c)paragraph 5 of Schedule 2;
(d)paragraph 6(a) of Schedule 2;
(e)paragraph 7(a) of Schedule 2.]
(4) It is for a person seeking to rely on paragraph (1) in order to market eggs as free-range eggs to prove that the eggs are eggs to which paragraph (2) applies.
Textual Amendments
F6Reg. 12(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture, Food and Horse (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/347), regs. 1, 4(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
13.—(1) By way of derogation from the provisions of point 2 of Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008, eggs to which paragraph (2) applies may be marketed as barn eggs.
(2) This paragraph applies to eggs that have—
(a)been produced in a system of production that does not comply with any one or more of the conditions specified in paragraph (3); and
(b)been produced in an establishment—
(i)with fewer than 350 laying hens at the time the eggs are produced;
(ii)rearing breeding laying hens at the time that the eggs are produced; or
(iii)rearing breeding laying hens and with fewer than 350 laying hens at that time.
[F7(3) The conditions are the conditions in the following provisions of the Northern Ireland welfare regulations—
(a)paragraph 2(d) of Schedule 2;
(b)paragraph 2(e) of Schedule 2;
(c)paragraph 5 of Schedule 2;
(d)paragraph 6(a) of Schedule 2;
(e)paragraph 7(a) of Schedule 2.]
(4) It is for a person seeking to rely on paragraph (1) in order to market eggs as barn eggs to prove that the eggs are eggs to which paragraph (2) applies.
Textual Amendments
F7Reg. 13(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture, Food and Horse (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/347), regs. 1, 4(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
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