The Eggs (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2006 No. 287

AGRICULTURE

The Eggs (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made

29th June 2006

Coming into operation

30th June 2006

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being a Department designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Eggs (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 30^th June 2006.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Amendments to the Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

2.—(1) The Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(4) are amended as follows.

(2) Omit regulations 7 and 7A (United Kingdom official mark).

(3) For the Schedule, substitute the text set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 29th June 2006.

L.S.

David Small

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Regulation 2(3)

SCHEDULE

Regulations 2(1) and 4

“SCHEDULE COMMUNITY PROVISIONS

(1) Regulations of the European Communities	(2) Official Journal of the European Communities: References	(3) Provisions
1. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs, as last amended by Council	OJ No. L173, 6.7.90, p.5	Articles 2(1), 3, 4, 5(1) and (2), 6(1) and (2), 7(1)(a) and (b) and (2), 8, 9, 10(1), (2)(e), and (3), 11(1) and 12 to 16
Regulation (EC) No. 1039/2005	OJ No. L172, 5.7.2005, p.1
2. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2295/2003 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/90, as last amended by	OJ No. L340, 24.12.2003, p.16	Articles 1, 2, 3(3) and (4), 5 to 8, 9(1) to (4), 10 to 13, 14(1) and (2), 15, 16, 17(1), 18 to 22, 23(2) and (3), 25 to 27 and 35 to 37
Commission Regulation (EC) No.89/2006	OJ No. L15, 20.1.2006, p.30
3. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks, as last amended	OJ No. L282, 1.11.75, p.100	Articles 2, 3, 5(1) and (2), 6 to 8, 9(1), and 11 to 15
by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2916/95	OJ No. L305, 19.12.95, p.49
4. Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77 laying down detailed rules of application for Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75, as last amended by Commission	OJ No. L209, 17.8.77, p.1	Articles 2 and 3
Regulation (EC) No. 3239/94	OJ No. L338, 28.12.94, p.48”

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (“the 1995 Regulations”).

The 1995 Regulations provide for the enforcement and execution of certain provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/90 (O.J. No. L173, 6.7.90, p.5) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1274/91 (O.J. No. L121, 16.5.91, p.11) relating to marketing standards for eggs and Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 of the Council (O.J. No. L282, 1.11.75, p.100) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77 (O.J. No. L209, 17.8.77, p.1) relating to the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks. Since the 1995 Regulations were last amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 has been repealed and replaced by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2295/2003 (O.J. No. L340, 24.12.2003, p.16). This has itself since been amended. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/90, Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77 have also been amended. These Regulations amend the 1995 Regulations by—

(a) omitting regulation 7 and 7A (relating to the United Kingdom official mark); and

(b) replacing the Schedule with an updated Schedule of Community provisions.

A full Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for these Regulations because no additional requirements are being imposed.

(1)

S.I. 2000/2812

(2)

1972 c. 68

(3)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

(4)

S.R. 1995 No. 382, as amended by S.R. 1997 No. 108, S.R. 1997 No. 451, S.R. 1998 No. 269 and S.R. 2000 No. 78