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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1868/77
of 29 July 1977
laying down detailed rules of application for Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 on the production and
marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks
(OJ L 209, 17.8.1977, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3759/85 of 23 December 1985 L 356 64 31.12.1985
►M2 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1351/87 of 15 May 1987 L 127 18 16.5.1987
►M3 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2773/90 of 27 September 1990 L 267 25 29.9.1990
►M4 Commission Regulation (EC) No 3239/94 of 21 December 1994 L 338 48 28.12.1994
Amended by:
►A1 Act of Accession of Greece L 291 17 19.11.1979
►A2 Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of
Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak
Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the EuropeanUnion is foundedL 236 33 23.9.2003
Corrected by:
►C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 159, 19.6.1987, p. 24 (1351/87)
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1868/77
of 29 July 1977
laying down detailed rules of application for Regulation (EEC)
No 2782/75 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching
and of farmyard poultry chicks
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October
1975 on the common organization of the market in eggs (1), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 368/76 (2), and in particular Article
15 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October
1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat (3), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 369/76 (4), and in particular Article
15 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 of 29 October
1975 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of
farmyard poultry chicks (5), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 laid down certain rules for the
production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultrychicks; whereas, the implementation of these rules requires rules ofapplication regarding the allocation of distinguishing numbers, the
markings to be made on eggs and packaging and the communication
of the necessary information;
Whereas each establishment must be given a distinguishing registration
number based on a code so drawn up in each Member State that it ispossible to determine the activity in which the establishment isengaged;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 95/69 of 17 January 1969
implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1619/68 on marketing standardsfor eggs (
6), as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2772/75 of
29 October 1975 on marketing standards for eggs (7) provides for the
identification and marketing of incubated eggs which were not
marketed before being put into incubation and are marketed as indus-
trial eggs;
Whereas statistics on which short-term and long-term forecasts are
based must be comparable; whereas the monthly summaries preparedby Member States should therefore be harmonized; whereas, moreover,the collection of information could be facilitated by using a standard
form for the summary;
Whereas the present information on intra-Community trade in chicks is
not sufficient to establish short-term production estimates; whereasspecial arrangements should be made for Member States that do nothave the necessary administrative machinery for collecting such infor-
mation;
Whereas it is for each Member State to lay down the penalties for
infringements of these provisions;
Whereas, to simplify the rules, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2335/
72 of 31 October 1972 implementing Council Regulation (EEC)No 1349/72 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and1977R1868 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ No L 45, 21. 2. 1976, p. 2.
(3) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77.
(4) OJ No L 45, 21. 2. 1976, p. 3.
(5) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 100.
(6) OJ No L 13, 18. 1. 1969, p. 13.
(7) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 56.
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of farmyard poultry chicks (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 373/73 (2), should be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee forPoultrymeat and Eggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. All applications for registration of one of the establishments
referred to in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 shall beaddressed to the competent authority of the Member State in whoseterritory the establishment is located. This authority shall allocate tothe establishment being registered a distinguishing number comprising
one of the following capital letters:
AT for Austria
B for Belgium
CZ for the Czech RepublicD for the Federal Republic of Germany
DK for Denmark
EE for EstoniaE for GreeceESP for SpainF for FranceFIN for FinlandI for Italy
IRL for Ireland
CY for Cyprus
LV for Latvia
LT for Lithuania
L for Luxembourg
HU for Hungary
MT for Malta
NL for the Netherlands
PL for PolandPORT for PortugalSI for Slovenia1977R1868 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 002.001 — 3
(1) OJ No L 252, 8. 11. 1972, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 39, 12. 2. 1973, p. 37.▼M4
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SK for Slovakia
SE for SwedenUK for the United Kingdom
together with an identifying number so allocated that it is possible to
determine the activity in which the establishment is engaged.
2. Member States shall inform the Commission without delay of any
changes in the code of distinguishing numbers used to determine the
activity in which the establishment is engaged.
Article 2
(1) 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 andfigures shall be indicated in indelible black ink at least 2 mm highand 1 mm wide.
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C1 Member States may authorize, by derogation ◄ the
marking of eggs for hatching in a different manner from that presented
in paragraph 1, provided that it be in black, indelible, clearly visible,
and at least 10 mm2in area. Such marking shall be carried out prior
to insertion into the incubator, either at a producer establishment, orat a hatchery.
Packs or containers of any type in which these eggs are transported
shall bear the distinguishing number of the producer establishment.
Member States exercising this power shall inform the other Member
States and the Commission thereof and shall communicate to them theprovisions made to that end.
(3) Only eggs for hatching marked according either to paragraph 1
or paragraph 2 may be transported or traded between Member States.
Article 3
The markings to be made on packings ►
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made in indelible black ink, in letters or figures at least 20 mm highand 10 mm wide, drawn 1 mm thick.
Article 4
1. The standard form for the summary referred to in Article 10 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 is contained in Annex I. This summary
shall be forwarded by Member States to the Commission each calendarmonth not later than four weeks after the end of the month to whichthe figures refer.
1a. From 3 October 1990 to 31 December 1992, Germany shall
undertake the separate transmission of the statistics under Part I of thesummary referred to in paragraph 1 for the former German DemocraticRepublic.
2. Member States may use the standard form for the summary (Part
I) contained in Annex I to collect from the hatcheries the informationreferred to in Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75.
3. Member States may specify that in respect of chicks several
copies of the accompanying document referred to in Article 13 ofRegulation (EEC) No 2782/75 shall be drawn up. In this case, one
copy of the document shall be sent to the competent agency referred
to in Article 16 thereof on importation or exportation or at the time ofintra-Community trade.
4. Member States who use the procedure referred to in paragraph 3
shall inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof.1977R1868 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 002.001 — 4
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Article 5
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 6
Before 30 January each year Member States shall send to the Commis-
sion statistics on the structure and activity of hatcheries, using the
standard form contained in Annex II.
Article 7
Regulation (EEC) No 2335/72 is hereby repealed.
Article 8
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1978.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1977R1868 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 002.001 — 5
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ANNEX I
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To be sent to: 1. Directorate-General for Agricul-
ture,
Division for Poultry Products,2. Statistical Office of the
European Communities
Agricultural Statistics,
rue de la Loi 200,
B-1049 Brussels.Luxembourg 1,
European Centre,
PO Box 1907, Luxembourg.1977R1868 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 002.001 — 7
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ANNEX II
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(1) Region: Belgium: one region only,
Denmark: one region only,
Germany: Bundesländer,
Greece: one region only,
Spain: eleven provinces,France: régions de programme,
Ireland: one region only,
Italy: regioni,
Luxembourg: one region only,Netherlands: one region only,
Austria: one region only,
Portugal: one region only,
Finland: one region only,
Sweden: one region only,
United Kingdom: 11 administrative regions,
Czech Republic: one region only,
Estonia: one region only,
Cyprus: one region only,
Latvia: one region only,Lithuania: one region only,Hungary: one region only,Malta: one region only,
Poland: one region only,
Slovenia: one region only,Slovakia: one region only.
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2) In thousands.
(3) Eggs placed in incubation in the preceding year, in thousands.
To be sent to: 1. Directorate-General for Agricul-
ture,
Division for Poultry Products,2. Statistical Office of the
European Communities
Agricultural Statistics,
rue de la Loi 200,
B-1049 Brussels.Luxembourg 1,
European Centre,
PO Box 1907, Luxembourg.1977R1868 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 002.001 — 9
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