The Eggs and Chicks Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

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Regulation 8

SCHEDULE 2N.I.GENERAL EUROPEAN PROVISIONS RELATING TO EGGS IN SHELL FOR CONSUMPTION CONTRAVENTION OF WHICH IS AN OFFENCE

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[F1PART 1N.I.PROVISIONS OF REGULATION (EU) 2013

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (21.3.2014) by The Single Common Market Organisation (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/92), regs. 1, 5(11)(a)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Relevant provision of Regulation (EU) 2013	Provisions to be read with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2013 mentioned in column 1	Subject matter
Article 74 insofar as it relates to the marketing of eggs	Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Prohibition on the marketing of eggs except in accordance with the marketing standards laid down in Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008.
Point II(1) of Part VI of Annex VII	Article 2(1) and (4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Quality grading of eggs as Class A (or fresh) or Class B eggs.
Point II(2) of Part VI of Annex VII	Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Weight grading of Class A eggs.
Point II(3) of Part VI of Annex VII		Prohibition on the delivery of Class B eggs except to the food and non-food industry.
Point III(1) of Part VI of Annex VII, first sub-paragraph	Articles 9(1) and 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Marking of Class A eggs.
Point III(1) of Part VI of Annex VII, second sub-paragraph	Articles 9, 10 and 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008, paragraphs (a) and (b) of the second sub-paragraph of point 2 of Part D of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 and regulation 11(1)	Marking of Class B eggs.
Point III(2) of Part VI of Annex VII	Point III(1) of Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013	Place at which eggs are marked.
Point III(3) of Part VI of Annex VII, first sub-paragraph	Point III(1) of Part VI of Annex VII and the second sub-paragraph of point III(3) of Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013 and regulation 11(2)	Marking of eggs sold by a producer to the final consumer at a local public market.
Articles 75(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2013	Article 30(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Marking of eggs imported from a third country where the rules applied in relation to those eggs in that country have been found to offer sufficient guarantees as to equivalence with EU legislation
Articles 75(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2013	Articles 11, 30(2) and (3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Marking of eggs imported from a third country where sufficient guarantees of equivalence of the rules relating to those eggs with EU legislation have not been provided.]

PART 2N.I.PROVISIONS OF COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No. 589/2008

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 Pt. 2 in operation at 28.4.2010, see reg. 1

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Relevant provision of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Provisions to be read with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 mentioned in column 1	Subject matter
Article 2(1)	The first indent of [F2point II(1) of Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013] , paragraph (a) of the second sub-paragraph of point 2 of Part D of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 and regulation 15 as read with the Schedule 3 entry relating to paragraph (a) of the second sub-paragraph of point 2 of Part D of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003	Quality characteristics of class A eggs and cases in which eggs meeting those quality characteristics must be categorised as class B eggs.
Article 2(2)	Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Prohibition on the washing and cleaning of class A eggs before or after grading.
Article 2(3)		Prohibition on the treatment of class A eggs for preservation, and the chilling of eggs, in premises or plants where the temperature is artificially maintained at less than 5°C.
Article 2(4)	The second indent of [F2point II(1) of Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013] , paragraph (a) of the second sub-paragraph of point 2 of Part D of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 and regulation 15 as read with the Schedule 3 entry relating to paragraph (a) of the second sub-paragraph of point 2 of Part D of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003	Quality characteristics of class B eggs and cases in which eggs meeting the quality characteristics for class A eggs must be categorised as class B eggs.
Article 4(1)	[F3Point II(2) of Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013] and Article 4(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Grading of class A eggs by weight.
Article 4(2)	Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 and [F4Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011]	Weight grading indications.
Article 4(3)	Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Minimum net weight in grams and the indication “eggs of different sizes” or equivalent terms to be given on the outer surface of a pack of class A eggs of different sizes.
Article 5(1), first sub-paragraph		Grading and packing of eggs and the labelling of packs by packing centres.
Article 5(3)		Packing centres to have the technical equipment necessary to ensure that eggs are handled properly.
Article 6(1)		Eggs to be graded, marked and packed within 10 days of laying.
Article 6(2)	Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Class A eggs marketed as “extra” or “extra fresh” eggs to be graded, marked and packed within four days of laying.
Article 6(3)	Articles 12(1)(d) and 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 and [F5point 1(a) of Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011]	Packs to be marked with date of minimum durability at the time of packing.
Article 7(1), first sub-paragraph	The second sub-paragraph of Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Producers to identify each transport packaging containing eggs with certain information.
Article 7(2), first sub-paragraph, first sentence	Article 7(1) and second sub-paragraph of Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Application of the information specified in Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 to each transport packaging containing eggs and the inclusion of that information in accompanying documents.
Article 7(2), first sub-paragraph, second sentence	The first sentence of the first sub-paragraph and the second sub-paragraph of Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Intervening operators to keep a copy of the documents specified in the first sentence of the first sub-paragraph of Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008.
Article 7(2), first sub-paragraph, third sentence	The first sentence of the first sub-paragraph and second sub-paragraph of Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Original documents referred to in the first sentence of the first sub-paragraph of Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 to be kept by the packing centre that grades the eggs to which the documents relate.
Article 7(3)	Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Prohibition on the modification or removal of the information referred to in Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 on the transport packaging of eggs until the removal of the eggs for immediate grading, marking, packing or further processing.
Article 8(1)	Article 8(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Eggs being delivered from a production site to a collector, packing centre or non-food industry in [F6a Member State] to be marked with the producer code before leaving the production site, except where an exemption has been granted under Article 8(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008.
Article 8(2), last sentence		A copy of the delivery contract to accompany a consignment of eggs for which an exemption has been granted under Article 8(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008.
Article 8(5)	The second sub-paragraph of [F7point III(2) of Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013] and Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Marking of class B eggs for marketing in [F8a Member State] .
Article 9(1)	[F9Regulation 3 of the Registration of Establishments (Laying Hens) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003]	Producer code.
Article 10	The second sub-paragraph of [F7point III(2) of Part VI of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2013]	Indications on class B eggs.
Article 12(1)		Marking of packs of class A eggs.
Article 12(2), first and second sub-paragraphs	Article 12(1) of, and Part A of Annex I, and Annex II, to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008, [F10Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007] on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs, and regulations 11, 12 and 13	Farming method to be shown on the outer surface of packs containing class A eggs.
Article 12(2), third sub-paragraph	Article 9(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Producer code to be explained on or inside packs.
Article 12(2), fourth sub-paragraph	Part B of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 and [F11Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland welfare regulations]	Use of an indication listed in Part B of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 (enriched cages).
Article 12(4)		Marking of packs of class B eggs.
Article 13	[F12Article 9(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011]	Date of minimum durability.
Article 14(1)		Use of the words “extra” and “extra fresh” as an additional quality indication on packs containing class A eggs.
Article 14(2)	Article 14(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Laying date and the nine-day time limit specified in Article 14(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 to be shown where the words “extra” or “extra fresh” are used as an additional quality indication on packs containing class A eggs.
Article 15		Reference to a cereal as a feed ingredient where an indication is given of how laying hens are fed.
Article 16		Information to be given for loose egg sales.
Article 17		Quality of packs.
Article 18		Packaging containers in which industrial eggs are marketed.
Article 19		Repacking of class A eggs.
Article 20(1)	Article 20(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Producer records on farming methods.
Article 20(2)	Articles 15 and 20(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Producer records on feeding method.
Article 20(3)	Article 20(1) and (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Information recorded by producers under Article 20(1) and (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 to be broken down by hen house where a producer uses different farming methods on a single production site.
Article 21(1)	Article 21(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Collector records on eggs collected and delivered by them.
Article 22(1), first sub-paragraph	Article 22(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Packing centre records.
Article 22(1), second sub-paragraph		Updating of packing centres physical stock records each week.
Article 22(2)	Articles 15 and 22(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Packing centres to keep separate records where class A eggs and their packs bear an indication of how laying hens are fed.
Article 23	Articles 7(2), 20, 21 and 22 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Records and files referred to in Articles 7(2), 20, 21 and 22 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 to be kept for at least 12 months from their date of creation.
Article 24(5)	Articles 20, 21 and 22 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008	Records referred to in Articles 20, 21 and 22 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 to be made available to the inspection services on first request.
Article 30(2)		Eggs imported from third countries to have been clearly and legibly marked in the country of origin in accordance with the ISO 3166 country code.
Article 30(3)	F13... to the Single CMO Regulation	Marking of packs containing eggs imported from a third country where sufficient guarantees of equivalence of the rules relating to those eggs with [F14EU] legislation have not been provided.