PART 3Eggs in shell for consumption

Derogation relating to free-range eggs11

1

By way of derogation from the provisions of point 1 of Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008, eggs to which paragraph (2) applies may be marketed as free range eggs although they have been produced in a system of production that does not comply with any one or more of the conditions specified in paragraph (3).

2

This paragraph applies to eggs produced in an establishment with fewer than 350 laying hens or rearing breeding laying hens at the time the eggs are produced.

3

The following conditions of F1schedule 3 of the Scottish welfare regulations are specified for the purpose of paragraph (1)–

F2a

the second and third conditions of paragraph 17(d),

b

paragraph 17(e),

c

paragraph 18,

d

paragraph 19(a)(i), and

e

paragraph 19(b)(i).