The Eggs and Chicks (Wales) Regulations 2009

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Eggs and Chicks (Wales) Regulations 2009.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 17 April 2009.

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(4) These Regulations apply—

(a) to eggs for hatching and chicks to which point I(1) of Part C of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 617/2008 apply; and

(b) to eggs to which point I(1) of Part A of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 apply (eggs in shell produced for consumption by hens of the species Gallus gallus).

(5) These Regulations do not apply—

(a) to establishments and hatcheries of the type mentioned in point I(2) of Part C of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation.

(b) to the sale of eggs to which point I(1) of Part A to the Single CMO 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 —

(i) on the production site;

(ii) by door-to-door selling in the region of production; or

(c) except insofar as they relate to the requirement imposed by point III(3) of Part A of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation, to the sale of eggs to which point I(1) of Part A of Annex XIV 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 in the region of production.

(6) In paragraph (5) (b) (ii) “door-to-door selling” (“gwerthu o dŷ i dŷ”) means a sale which is made during an unsolicited visit by a producer to the final consumer’s home, or to the home of another person, or to the final consumer’s place of work.