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Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 of 23 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs
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1.The [F1relevant authority] shall appoint inspection services to check compliance with this Regulation.
[F22.The inspection services referred to in paragraph 1 shall check the products covered by this Regulation at the different stages of marketing, as appropriate. Apart from random sampling, checks shall be carried out on the basis of a risk analysis, taking into account the type and throughput of the establishment concerned, as well as the operator’s past records as regards compliance with the marketing standards for eggs.]
3.For Class A eggs imported from third countries, the checks provided for in paragraph 2 shall be made [F3before being offered for sale to the final consumer or to mass caterers].
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.
4.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:
(a)the results of previous checks;
(b)the complexity of the marketing channels followed by the eggs;
(c)the degree of segmentation in the production or packing establishment;
(d)the quantity of eggs produced or packed;
(e)any substantial changes from previous years in the type of eggs produced or processed or in the marketing method.
5.Inspections shall be conducted regularly and be unannounced. Records referred to in Articles 20, 21 and 22 shall be made available on first request to the inspection services.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 24(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 4(14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 342/2013 of 16 April 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs.
F3Words in Art. 24(3) substituted (S.) (1.1.2022) by The Eggs (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/460), regs. 1, 2; substituted (E.) (1.1.2022) by The Eggs (England) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1413), regs. 1(1), 2(2); and substituted (W.) (4.3.2022) by The Eggs (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/209), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
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