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Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008Show full title

Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 of 23 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs

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Article 30Imported eggs

1.Any evaluation of equivalence of rules as referred to in point 1 of part A, IV of Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall include an assessment of whether the requirements contained in this Regulation are effectively met by operators in the third country concerned. It shall be updated regularly.

The Commission shall publish the result of the evaluation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2.Eggs imported from third countries shall be clearly and legibly marked in the country of origin with its ISO 3166 country code.

3.Where there is not sufficient guarantee as to the equivalence of rules as referred to in point 3 of part A, IV of Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, packs containing eggs imported from the countries in question shall bear on the outer surface in easily visible and clearly legible type:

(a)the country of origin;

(b)the farming method as ‘non-EC standard’.

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