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    Consolidated text: Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs for hatching and farmyard poultry chicks

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    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 617/2008

    of 27 June 2008

    laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs for hatching and farmyard poultry chicks

    (OJ L 168 28.6.2008, p. 5)

    Amended by:

     

     

    Official Journal

      No

    page

    date

    ►M1

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 557/2010 of 24 June 2010

      L 159

    13

    25.6.2010

    ►M2

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 939/2011 of 23 September 2011

      L 248

    1

    24.9.2011

    ►M3

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 2013

      L 158

    74

    10.6.2013




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    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 617/2008

    of 27 June 2008

    laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs for hatching and farmyard poultry chicks



    Article 1

    Definitions

    For the purposes of this Regulation:

    1. 

    ‘eggs for hatching’ means poultry eggs falling within subheadings 0407 00 11 and 0407 00 19 of the Combined Nomenclature intended for the production of chicks, classified according to species, category and type and identified in accordance with this Regulation, produced in the Community or imported from third countries;

    2. 

    ‘chicks’ means live farmyard poultry the weight of which does not exceed 185 grammes, either produced in the Community or imported from third countries and falling within subheadings 0105 11 and 0105 19 of the Combined Nomenclature, of the following categories:

    (a) 

    utility chicks: chicks of one of the following types:

    (i) 

    table type chicks: chicks intended to be fattened and slaughtered before reaching sexual maturity;

    (ii) 

    laying chicks: chicks intended to be raised with a view to the production of eggs for consumption;

    (iii) 

    dual-purpose chicks: chicks intended either for laying or for the table;

    (b) 

    parent stock chicks: chicks intended for the production of utility chicks;

    (c) 

    grandparent stock chicks: chicks intended for the production of parent stock chicks;

    3. 

    ‘establishment’ means the establishment or part of an establishment for each of the following sectors of activity:

    (a) 

    pedigree breeding establishment: an establishment for the production of eggs for hatching intended for the production of grandparent stock, parent stock or utility chicks;

    (b) 

    breeding establishment: an establishment for the production of eggs for hatching intended for the production of utility chicks;

    (c) 

    hatchery: an establishment for incubating eggs, hatching and supplying chicks;

    4. 

    ‘capacity’ means the maximum number of eggs for hatching which may be placed simultaneously in incubators excluding hatchers.

    Article 2

    Registration of establishments

    1.  
    Every establishment shall be registered, at its request, by the competent agency appointed by the Member State and shall receive a distinguishing number.

    The distinguishing number may be withdrawn from establishments which do not comply with the provisions of this Regulation.

    2.  
    All applications for registration of one of the establishments referred to in paragraph 1 shall be addressed to the competent authority of the Member State in whose territory the establishment is located. This authority shall allocate to the establishment being registered a distinguishing number comprising one of the codes listed in Annex I, together with an identifying number so allocated that it is possible to determine the activity in which the establishment is engaged.

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    Article 3

    Marking of eggs for hatching and their packaging

    1.  
    Eggs for hatching, used for chick production, shall be marked individually.
    2.  
    The individual marking of eggs for hatching, used for chick production, shall be carried out at the producer establishment, which shall print its distinguishing number on the eggs. The letters and figures shall be indicated in indelible black ink at least 2 mm high and 1 mm wide.
    3.  
    Member States may authorise, by derogation, the marking of eggs for hatching in a different manner from that presented in paragraph 2, provided that it is in black, indelible, clearly visible, and at least 10 mm2 in area. Such marking shall be carried out prior to insertion into the incubator, either at a producer establishment, or at a hatchery. Member States exercising this power shall inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof and shall communicate to them the provisions made to that end.
    4.  
    Eggs for hatching shall be transported in perfectly clean packs, containing only eggs for hatching of the same species, category and type of poultry, originating in one establishment, and bearing one of the markings listed in Annex II.
    5.  
    In order to comply with the provision in force in certain importer third countries, eggs for hatching intended for export and their packaging may bear particulars other than those provided for in this Regulation, provided that they are not likely to be confused with the latter and with those provided for in Article 121(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and its implementing Regulations.
    6.  
    Packs or containers of any type in which these eggs are transported shall bear the distinguishing number of the producer establishment.
    7.  
    Only eggs for hatching marked in accordance with this Article may be transported or traded between Member States.
    8.  

    Eggs for hatching from third countries may be imported only if they bear, in type at least 3 mm high, the name of the country of origin and the printed words ‘à couver’, ►M3   ‘valenje’, ◄ ‘broedei’, ‘rugeaeg’, ‘Bruteier’, ‘προς εκκόλαψιν’, ‘para incubar’, ‘hatching’, ‘cova’, ‘para incubação’, ‘haudottavaksi’, ‘för kläckning’, ‘líhnutí’, ‘haue’, ‘inkubācija’, ‘perinimas’, ‘keltetésre’, ‘tifqis’, ‘do wylęgu’, ‘valjenje’, ‘liahnutie’, ‘за люпене’, ‘incubare’. Their packaging must contain only eggs for hatching of the same species, category and type of poultry from the same country of origin and sender, and must bear at least the following particulars:

    (a) 

    the information shown on the eggs;

    (b) 

    the species of poultry from which the eggs come;

    (c) 

    the sender's name or business name and address.

    Article 4

    Marking of packs containing chicks

    1.  
    The chicks shall be packed by species, type and category of poultry.
    2.  
    The boxes shall contain only chicks from the same hatchery and shall show at least the distinguishing number of the hatchery.
    3.  

    Chicks originating in third countries may be imported only if they are grouped in accordance with paragraph 1. The boxes must contain only chicks from the same country of origin and sender and shall bear at least the following particulars:

    (a) 

    the name of the country of origin;

    (b) 

    the species of poultry to which the chicks belong;

    (c) 

    the sender's name or business name and address.

    The markings to be made on packaging shall be made in indelible black ink, in letters or figures at least 20 mm high and 10 mm wide, drawn 1 mm thick.

    Article 5

    Accompanying documents

    1.  

    An accompanying document shall be drawn up in respect of each batch of eggs for hatching or chicks dispatched and shall bear at least the following particulars:

    (a) 

    the name or business name and address of the establishment and its distinguishing number;

    (b) 

    the number of eggs for hatching or chicks according to species, category and type of poultry;

    (c) 

    the date of dispatch;

    (d) 

    the name and address of the consignee.

    2.  
    As regards batches of eggs for hatching and of chicks imported from third countries, the distinguishing number of the establishment must be replaced by the name of the country of origin.

    Article 6

    Records

    Each hatchery shall record, by species, category (parent, grandparent or utility stock) and type (table use, laying or dual purpose):

    (a) 

    the date on which the eggs were placed in incubation, the number of incubated eggs and the distinguishing number of the establishment in which the eggs for hatching were produced;

    (b) 

    the date of hatching and the number of hatched chicks intended for actual use;

    (c) 

    the number of incubated eggs removed from the incubator and the identity of the buyer.

    Article 7

    Use of eggs removed from the incubator

    Incubated eggs removed from the incubator shall be used for purposes other than human consumption. They may be used as industrial eggs within the meaning of the second paragraph, point (h) of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 ( 4 ).

    Article 8

    Communications

    1.  
    Each hatchery shall communicate monthly to the competent agency of the Member State, by species, category and type, the number of eggs for hatching placed in incubation and the number of chicks hatched intended for actual use.
    2.  
    Statistical data on flocks of grandparent stock and parent stock birds shall be requested as required from establishments other than those referred to in paragraph 1, according to the rules and conditions adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
    3.  
    The Member States shall, as soon as the data referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 is received and analysed, communicate to the Commission a monthly summary based on the data for the previous month.

    In addition, the summary submitted by the Member States shall show the number of chicks imported and exported during the same month, according to species, category and type of poultry.

    4.  
    The standard form for the summary referred to in paragraph 3 is contained in Annex III. This summary shall be forwarded by Member States to the Commission each calendar month not later than four weeks after the end of the month to which the figures refer.
    5.  
    Member States may use the standard form for the summary (Part I) contained in Annex III to collect from the hatcheries the information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
    6.  
    Member States may specify that in respect of chicks several copies of the accompanying document referred to in Article 5 shall be drawn up. In this case, one copy of the document shall be sent to the competent agency referred to in Article 9 on importation or exportation or at the time of intra-Community trade.
    7.  
    Member States who use the procedure referred to in paragraph 6 shall inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof.

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    Article 9

    Inspection agencies

    Agencies appointed by each Member State shall check that the provisions of this Regulation are observed.

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    Article 10

    Penalties

    Member States shall take all necessary measures to impose penalties for any infringement of the Regulations on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks.

    Article 11

    Reporting

    Before 30 January each year Member States shall send to the Commission statistics on the structure and activity of hatcheries, using the standard form contained in Annex IV.

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    Article 11a

    Implementation of the notification obligation

    The notifications to the Commission referred to in Article 3(3) and Article 8(7) of this Regulation shall be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 ( 5 ).

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    Article 12

    Repeal

    Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77 is hereby repealed with effect from 1 July 2008.

    References to the repealed Regulation and to Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 shall be construed as references to this Regulation and should be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex V.

    Article 13

    Entry into force

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    It shall apply with effect from 1 July 2008.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.




    ANNEX I



    Codes referred to in Article 2(2)

    BE

    for Belgium

    BG

    for Bulgaria

    CZ

    for the Czech Republic

    DK

    for Denmark

    DE

    for the Federal Republic of Germany

    EE

    for Estonia

    IE

    for Ireland

    EL

    for Greece

    ES

    for Spain

    FR

    for France

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    HR

    for Croatia

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    IT

    for Italy

    CY

    for Cyprus

    LV

    for Latvia

    LT

    for Lithuania

    LU

    for Luxembourg

    HU

    for Hungary

    MT

    for Malta

    NL

    for the Netherlands

    AT

    for Austria

    PL

    for Poland

    PT

    for Portugal

    RO

    for Romania

    SI

    for Slovenia

    SK

    for Slovakia

    FI

    for Finland

    SE

    for Sweden

    UK

    for the United Kingdom

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    ANNEX II

    Marking referred to in Article 3(4)

    In Bulgarian: яйца за люпене

    in Spanish: huevos para incubar

    in Czech: násadová vejce

    in Danish: Rugeæg

    in German: Bruteier

    in Estonian: Haudemunad

    in Greek: αυγά προς εκκόλαψιν

    in English: eggs for hatching

    in French: œufs à couver

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    in Croatian: jaja za valenje

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    in Italian: uova da cova

    in Latvian: inkubējamas olas

    in Lithuanian: perinti skirti kiaušiniai

    in Hungarian: keltetőtojás

    in Maltese: bajd tat-tifqis

    in Dutch: broedeieren

    in Polish: jaja wylęgowe

    in Portuguese: ovos para incubação

    in Romanian: ouă puse la incubat

    in Slovak: násadové vajcia

    in Slovene: valilna jajca

    in Finnish: munia haudottavaksi

    in Swedish: kläckägg

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    ANNEX III

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    MONTHLY SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF EGGS FOR HATCHING AND FARMYARD POULTRY CHICKS ►M1    ( *1 )  ◄

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    PART I



    Country:

    Year:

    1 000 units



    Description

    January

    February

    March

    April

    May

    June

    July

    August

    September

    October

    November

    December

    A.  Eggs for hatching placed in incubation

    Cocks, hens, chickens

    Grandparent and parent

    laying

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Utility

    laying

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Grandparent and parent

    meat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Utility

    meat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    mixed

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Ducks

    Utility

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Geese

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Turkeys

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Guinea fowl

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    B.  How chicks are used

    Cocks, hens, chickens

    Grandparent and parent females

    laying

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Females reared for laying

    laying

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Grandparent and parent females

    meat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Males and females for fattening

    meat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    mixed

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Ducks

    Males and females for fattening

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Geese

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Turkeys

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Guinea fowl

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Cocks, hens, chickens

    Cockerels for sexing

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    EXTERNAL TRADE IN FARMYARD POULTRY CHICKS

    PART II



    Country:

    Year:

    1 000 units



    Intra-community trade

    January

    February

    March

    April

    May

    June

    July

    August

    September

    October

    November

    December

    IMPORTS

    Cocks, hens, chickens

    Chicks: grandparent and parent females

    laying

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chicks: use

    laying

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chicks: grandparent and parent females

    meat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chicks: use

    meat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    mixed

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Ducks

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Geese

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Turkeys

    Chicks: use

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Guinea fowl

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    EXPORTS

    Cocks, hens, chickens

    Chicks: grandparent and parent females

    laying

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chicks: use

    laying

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chicks: grandparent and parent females

    meat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chicks: use

    meat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    mixed

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Ducks

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Geese

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Turkeys

    Chicks: use

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Guinea fowl

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     



    Imports from … and exports to third countries

    January

    February

    March

    April

    May

    June

    July

    August

    September

    October

    November

    December

    IMPORTS

    Cocks, hens, chickens

    Chicks: grandparent and parent females

    laying

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chicks: use

    laying

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chicks: grandparent and parent females

    meat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chicks: use

    meat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    mixed

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Ducks

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Geese

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Turkeys

    Chicks: use

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Guinea fowl

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    EXPORTS

    Cocks, hens, chickens

    Chicks: grandparent and parent females

    laying

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chicks: use

    laying

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chicks: grandparent and parent females

    meat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chicks: use

    meat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    mixed

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Ducks

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Geese

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Turkeys

    Chicks: use

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Guinea fowl

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     




    ANNEX IV

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    STRUCTURE AND UTILISATION OF HATCHERIES (4)

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    ANNEX V



    Correlation table

    Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75

    Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77

    This Regulation

    Article 1

    Article 1

    Article 3

    Article 2(1)

    Article 1(1)

    Article 2(2) and Annex I

    Article 1(2)

    Article 2(3)

    Article 5(1)

    Article 3(1)

    Article 2(1)

    Article 3(2)

    Article 2(2) first subparagraph

    Article 3(3)

    Article 2(2) second subparagraph

    Article 3(6)

    Article 2(2) third subparagraph

    Article 3(3)

    Article 5(2)

    Article 3(4) and Annex II

    Article 5(3)

    Article 3(5)

    Article 6

    Article 3(8)

    Article 2(3)

    Article 3(7)

    Article 11

    Article 4(1) and (2)

    Article 12

    Article 4(3) first subparagraph

    Article 3

    Article 4(3) second subparagraph

    Article 13

    Article 5

    Article 7

    Article 6

    Article 8

    Article 7

    Article 9

    Article 8(1) and (2)

    Article 10(1)

    Article 8(3)

    Article 4(1)

    Article 8(4)

    Article 4(2)

    Article 8(5)

    Article 4(3)

    Article 8(6)

    Article 4(4)

    Article 8(7)

    Article 16

    Article 9

    Article 5

    Article 10

    Article 6

    Article 11

    Article 7

    Article 12, first paragraph

    Article 8

    Article 13

    Annex I

    Annex III

    Annex II

    Annex IV



    ( 1 )  OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 61).

    ( 2 )  OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 100. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

    ( 3 )  OJ L 209, 17.8.1977, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1792/2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

    ( 4 )  OJ L 163, 24.6.2008, p. 6.

    ( 5 )  OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3.

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