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Commission Regulation (EC) No 94/2002 of 18 January 2002 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 on information and promotion actions for agricultural products on the internal market (repealed)
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Labelling of eggs for human consumption
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From 1 January 2004 , a code identifying the producer and the system employed to rear the laying hens, shall be stamped on the shell of all eggs intended for human consumption. This code shall be composed of a number identifying the farming method (0=organic, 1=free range, 2=barn, 3=cage), the ISO code of the Member State where the production centre is situated and a number allocated to the production centre by the relevant authority.
To inform the consumer of the new standards for marking eggs and fully explain the meaning of the code printed on eggs
To provide information on egg-production systems by means of the code printed on eggs
To provide information about existing traceability systems.
Consumers and distributors
Opinion leaders.
To publicise and explain the new code printed on eggs in compliance with Directive 2002/4/EC (1) , and the characteristics of the different categories of eggs to which this code refers.
The messages should not express preferences of one production method over another and not include claims concerning the nutritional value and health impacts of the consumption of eggs. There should be no discrimination between eggs originating from different MS.
Electronic channel (website, etc.)
Printed material (brochures, leaflets, etc.)
Information at sales points
Advertising in the press and in food magazines, women's magazines, etc.
Relations with the media.
12 to 24 months.
EUR 2 million.]
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