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3.—(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, in the second subparagraph, after point (s) insert—
“(t)‘third country’ means any country or territory other than—
(i)the United Kingdom,
(ii)the Bailiwick of Guernsey,
(iii)the Bailiwick of Jersey, or
(iv)the Isle of Man.”.
(3) In Article 30, for paragraph 1 substitute—
“1. Before eggs may be imported into the United Kingdom from a third country, the Secretary of State must make a determination of equivalence.
Any determination must include an evaluation of the rules on labelling and marketing, farming methods and control and an assessment of whether the requirements contained in this Regulation are effectively met by operators in the third country concerned.
The Secretary of State must review the evaluation regularly.”.
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