1987 No. 1184

AGRICULTURE

The Eggs (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Economic Community, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—

Citation, commencement and extent1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Eggs (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 1987, and shall come into force on 6th August 1987.

2

These Regulations shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations 19853

Amendment of the principal Regulations3

The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:—

a

From regulation 2(2) thereof the word “other” shall be deleted;

b

For regulation 7 thereof there shall be substituted the following regulation:

7

The official mark for the purposes of any Community provision shall consist of the letters “UK”, each letter being 1 centimetre high surrounded by a line describing an oval.

c

From regulation 8(d) thereof the words “other than regulation 3 above” shall be deleted;

d

For the Schedule thereto there shall be substituted the contents of the Schedule to these Regulations.

In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 3rd July 1987.

John MacGregorMinister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sanderson of BowdenMinister of State, Scottish Office

THE SCHEDULENew Schedule to the Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1985

Regulation 3(d)

THE SCHEDULECOMMUNITY PROVISIONS

Regulation 2(1)

Regulations containing Community provisions

Official Journal of the European Communities: References

1. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2772/75 on marketing standards for eggs, as amended by —

OJNo. L282, 1.11.75, p.56

(a) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1831/84

OJNo. L172, 30.6.84, p.2

(b) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3341/84

OJNo. L312, 30.11.84, p.7

(c) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3791/85

OJNo. L367, 31.12.85, p.6

(d) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3494/86

OJNo. L323, 18.11.86, p.1

2. Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1295/70 amplifying provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2772/75, as amended by —

OJNo. L145, 3.7.70, p.1

Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 36/85

OJNo. L5, 8.1.85, p.5

3. Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 95/69 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2772/75, as amended by —

OJNo. L13, 18.1.69, p.13

(a) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 927/69

OJNo. L120, 21.5.69, p.6

(b) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2502/71

OJNo. L258, 23.11.71, p.9

(c) 1972 Act of Accession

OJNo. L73, 27.3.72, p.1 (OJ/SE, 27.3.72, p.1) at p.65

(d) 1979 Act of Accession

OJNo. L291, 19.11.79, p.1 at p.78

(e) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1943/85

OJNo. L181, 13.7.85, p.34

(f) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3759/85

OJNo. L356, 31.12.85, p.64

(g) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3906/86

OJNo. L364, 23.12.86, p.20

4. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 on production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks, as amended by —

OJNo. L282, 1.11.75, p.100

(a) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3485/80

OJNo. L365, 22.12.80, p.1

(b) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3791/85

OJNo. L367, 31.12.85, p.6

(c) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3494/86

OJNo. L323, 18.11.86, p.1

5. Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75, as amended by —

OJNo. L209, 17.8.77, p.1

(a) 1979 Act of Accession

OJNo. L291, 19.11.79, p.1 at p.78

(b) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3759/85

OJNo. L356, 31.12.85, p.64

(c) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1351/87

OJNo. L127, 16.5.87, p.18

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply throughout Great Britain and come into force on 6th August 1987, amend the Egg, (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1985 (“the principal Regulations”). In consequence of further amendments made by Council Regulation (EEC) 3494/86 to Council Regulations (EEC) 2772/75 and 2782/75, by Commission Regulation (EEC) 3906/86 to Commission Regulation (EEC) 95/69 and by Commission Regulation (EEC) 1351/87 to Commission Regulation (EEC) 1868/77, they extend the Community provisions to which the principal Regulations apply (regulation 3(d)). They also make other minor amendments (regulation 3(a)—(d)).