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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2466 of 17 August 2023 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards marketing standards for eggs
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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2466 of 17 August 2023 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards marketing standards for eggs
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2466 of 17 August 2023 (OJ L 2466 8.11.2023, p. 1) |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2466
of 17 August 2023
laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards marketing standards for eggs
Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation lays down rules for the implementation of marketing standards for eggs of hens of the Gallus gallus species, except eggs for hatching, in particular as regards:
identification of producers and packing centres;
the records to be kept by producers, collectors and packing centres;
the checks of conformity;
notifications.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purpose of this Regulation, the definitions provided for in Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2465 shall apply.
Article 3
Packing centres
Only undertakings satisfying the conditions laid down in this Article shall be authorised as packing centres.
The competent authority shall allot the packing centre a packing centre code with an initial code for the Member State concerned referred to in point 2.2 of the Annex to Commission Directive 2002/4/EC ( 1 ).
Packing centres shall have the technical equipment necessary to ensure that eggs are handled properly. This shall include as appropriate:
suitable candling equipment, automatic or continuously staffed throughout, allowing the quality of each egg to be examined separately, or other appropriate equipment;
devices for measuring the height of the air space;
equipment for grading eggs by weight;
one or more approved balances for weighing eggs;
equipment for marking eggs.
Article 4
Marking of eggs with a producer code
The producer code shall consist of the distinguishing number provided for in point 2 of the Annex to Directive 2002/4/EC. It shall be easily visible and clearly legible and be at least 2 mm high.
Without prejudice to Part VI, Point III(1), of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, where it is not possible for technical reasons to mark cracked or soiled eggs, marking with the producer code shall not be compulsory.
Article 5
Records to be kept by producers
Producers shall record information on the farming methods, specifying for each farming method used:
the date of placing, age at placing and number of laying hens;
the date of culling and the number of hens culled;
daily egg production;
the number and/or weight of eggs sold per day or delivered daily by other means;
the names and addresses of commercial purchasers.
Where the feeding method is indicated in accordance with Article 13 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2465, producers shall, without prejudice to the requirements laid down in Part A, Point III, of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ), record the following information, specifying for each feeding method used:
the quantity and type of feed supplied or mixed on-site;
the date of delivery of feed.
Article 6
Records to be kept by collectors
Collectors shall record separately, by farming method and by day:
the quantity of eggs collected, broken down by producer, giving the name, address and producer code, and the laying date or period;
the quantity of eggs delivered to the relevant packing centres, broken down by producer, giving the name, address, packing centre code and the laying date or period.
Article 7
Records to be kept by packing centres
Packing centres shall record separately, by farming method and by day:
the quantities of ungraded eggs they receive, broken down by producer, giving the name, address and producer code and the laying date or period;
after the eggs are graded, the quantities by quality and weight grade;
the quantities of graded eggs received coming from other packing centres, including the code of those packing centres and the date of minimum durability;
the quantities of ungraded eggs delivered to other packing centres, broken down by producer, including the code of those packing centres and the laying date or period;
the number and/or weight of eggs delivered, by quality and weight grade, packing date in the case of Class B eggs or the date of minimum durability in the case of Class A eggs, and by purchaser, with the name and address of the latter.
Packing centres shall update their physical stock records each week.
Article 8
Time limits for keeping records
Records and files referred to in Article 7(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2465 and Articles 5, 6 and 7 of this Regulation shall be kept for at least 12 months from the date of their creation.
Article 9
Checks
Class B eggs imported from third countries shall be released for free circulation only after checking at the time of customs clearance that their final destination is the processing industry.
Apart from random sampling, operators shall be inspected at a frequency to be determined by the inspection services on the basis of a risk analysis as referred to in paragraph 2, taking account, at least, of:
the results of previous checks;
the complexity of the marketing channels followed by the eggs;
the degree of segmentation in the production or packing establishment;
the quantity of eggs produced or packed;
any substantial changes from previous years in the type of eggs produced or processed or in the marketing method.
Article 10
Decisions on non-compliance
Article 11
Notification of infringements
Member States shall notify the Commission within 5 working days by electronic means of any infringements found by inspection services, or any serious suspicion thereof, which are liable to affect intra-Union trade in eggs. Intra-Union trade is deemed to be affected in particular in the event of serious infringements by operators that produce or market eggs for sale in another Member State.
Article 12
Notifications
Article 13
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
( 1 ) Commission Directive 2002/4/EC of 30 January 2002 on the registration of establishments keeping laying hens, covered by Council Directive 1999/74/EC (OJ L 30, 31.1.2002, p. 44).
( 2 ) Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1).
( 3 ) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183 of 20 April 2017 on supplementing Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the notifications to the Commission of information and documents (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 100).
( 4 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 of 20 April 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards notifications to the Commission of information and documents and amending and repealing several Commission Regulations (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 113).