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Amendment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008U.K.
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4.—(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

(a)in the second subparagraph—

(i)in point (g), for “Article 1(2) of Directive 2000/13/EC” substitute “ Article 2(2)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 ”;

(ii)for point (p) substitute—

(p)‘production site’ means an establishment keeping laying hens, registered in accordance with:

(i)in England, the Registration of Establishments (Laying Hens) (England) Regulations 2003 M1,

F1(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)in Scotland, the Registration of Establishments Keeping Laying Hens (Scotland) Regulations 2003 M2,

(iv)in Wales, the Registration of Establishments (Laying Hens) (Wales) Regulations 2004 M3;;

(iii)for point (s) substitute—

(s)‘producer code’ means the distinguishing number allocated to the production site in accordance with the legislation applying in the relevant constituent nation.;

(iv)After point (t) M4, insert—

(u)‘relevant authority’ means:

(i)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

F2(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(iv)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(v)‘the English welfare regulations’ means the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 M5;

F3(w). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(x)‘the Scottish welfare regulations’ means the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010 M6;

(y)‘the Welsh welfare regulations’ means the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2007 M7;

(z)‘constituent nation’ means England, Wales, [F4or Scotland], as the case may be..

(3) In Article 2(2), omit “, except as provided for in Article 3”.

(4) Omit Article 3.

(5) In Article 4(2), for “Directive 2000/13/EC” substitute “ Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 ”.

(6) In Article 5(2)—

(a)for the second subparagraph substitute—

The competent authority shall allot the packing centre a packing centre code. The packing centre code must include the code ‘UK’..

(7) In Article 6(3), for “Article 9(2) of Directive 2000/13/EC” substitute “ Annex 10 to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 ”.

(8) Omit Article 8.

(9) In Article 9—

(a)in paragraph 1, for the words from “shall consist” to “It shall” substitute “ must ”;

(b)in paragraph 2, for the words from “point 1” to “1234/2007” substitute “ point 3(1) of part 6 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 ”.

(10) In Article 10, for the words from “point 1” to “1234/2007” substitute “ point 3(1) of part 6 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 ”.

(11) In Article 11—

(a)for paragraph 1 substitute—

Save as otherwise provided for by the sanitary legislation, nothing in this Regulation prevents the relevant authority from using any power that authority has to exempt operators from the [F5marking] obligations provided for in point 3(1) of part 6 of Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 where eggs are delivered directly from the production site to the food industry.;

(b)in paragraph 2—

(i)omit point (a);

(ii)in point (b), for “authorities of” to the end substitute “ authority ”.

(12) In Article 12—

(a)in paragraph 1—

(i)omit point (e);

(ii)in point (f), for “Article 3(1)(6) of Directive 2000/13/EC” substitute “ Article 9(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 ”;

(b)in paragraph 2—

(i)in the second subparagraph—

(aa)in point (a), for “set out in Part A of Annex I” substitute “ ‘Free range eggs’, ‘Barn eggs’ or ‘Eggs from caged hens’”;

(bb)in point (b), for “Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91” substitute “ Article 23(1) of Council Regulation No 834/2007 ”;

(ii)for the fourth subparagraph substitute—

The identification of the farming method may be complemented by the indication ‘Enriched cages’ where laying hens are kept in systems of production in accordance with the requirements laid down in—

(i)Schedule 4 to the English welfare regulations,

F6(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)Schedule 3 to the Scottish welfare regulations,

(iv)Schedule 4 to the Welsh welfare regulations.

The terms referred to in this paragraph must appear in English, but may also appear in any other language.;

(c)in paragraph 3, for the words from “which may” to the end substitute “ provided that they are compatible with retained direct EU legislation ”;

(d)for paragraph 5 substitute—

5.  The relevant authority may require that the labels be affixed to packs of eggs in such a way so as to be broken when opening the packs..

(13) In Article 13, for “Article 3(1)(5) of Directive 2000/13/EC” substitute “ Annex 10 to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 ”.

(14) In Article 24(1), for “Member States” substitute “ relevant authority ”.

[F7(15) In Article 29—

(a)in the heading, at the end insert “and for movement into Northern Ireland”;

(b)in the first subparagraph—

(i)after “export”, insert “, or movement into Northern Ireland,”;

(ii)for “Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007” substitute “Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.”.]

[F8(15A) After Article 30(2), insert—

(2A) Eggs and packs of eggs moving from Northern Ireland to Great Britain must be marked in accordance with the requirements in this Regulation and in Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013..]

(16) In Article 30(3)—

(a)for the words from “point 3” to “1234/2007” substitute “ paragraph 1 above ”;

(b)in point (b), for “non-EC” substitute “ non-UK ”;

(c)at the end insert—

Eggs may continue to be marked as ‘non-EC standard’ for a period of 21 months beginning on the day on which [F9IP completion day] falls..

(17) Omit Article 32.

(18) Omit Articles 34 to 37.

(19) After Article 39, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States.”.

(20) Omit Annex 1.

(21) In Annex 2—

(a)in paragraph 1—

(i)for the first subparagraph substitute—

‘Free-range eggs’ must be produced in systems of production which satisfy at least the conditions specified in:

(i)in England, Schedule 2 to the English welfare regulations;

F10(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)in Scotland, Part 5 of Schedule 3 to the Scottish welfare regulations;

(iv)in Wales, Schedule 2 to the Welsh welfare regulations.;

(ii)in the second subparagraph—

(aa)in point (a), for “Union law” substitute “ retained direct EU legislation ”;

(bb)in point (d), for the words from “in Article 4(1)(3)(b)(ii)” to the end substitute—

in:

(i)paragraph 7(b)(ii) of Schedule 2 to the English welfare regulations;

F11(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)paragraph 19(b)(ii) of Schedule 3 to the Scottish welfare regulations;

(iv)paragraph 7(b)(ii) of Schedule 2 to the Welsh welfare regulations

are evenly distributed throughout the whole open-air run with at least four shelters per hectare.;

(b)in paragraph 2, for “in Article 4 of Directive 1999/74/EC.” substitute—

in:

(a)in England, Schedule 2 to the English welfare regulations;

F12(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)in Scotland, Part 5 of Schedule 3 to the Scottish welfare regulations;

(d)in Wales, Schedule 2 to the Welsh welfare regulations.;

(c)in paragraph 3—

(i)omit point (a);

(ii)for point (b) substitute—

(b)the conditions specified in—

(i)in England, Schedule 4 to the English welfare regulations;

F13(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)in Scotland, Schedule 3 to the Scottish welfare regulations;

(iv)in Wales, Schedule 4 to the Welsh welfare regulations.;

(d)omit paragraph 4.

(22) Omit Annex 3.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 2003/3100, as amended by S.I. 2012/2897, 2013/235, 2018/1033.

M2S.S.I. 2003/576, as amended by S.S.I. 2004/27, 2015/100.

M3S.I. 2004/1432 (W 145), as amended by S.I. 2013/235, 2019/684 (W 131).

M4Point (t) is inserted by S.I. 2019/1402.

M5S.I. 2007/2078, as amended by S.I. 2010/3033; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M6S.S.I. 2010/388, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M7S.I. 2007/3070 (W 264), as amended by S.I. 2010/2713 (W 229); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

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