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of30January2002
on the registration of establishments keeping laying hens, covered by Council Directive 1999/74/
EC
(OJL30,31.1.2002,p.44)
Amendedby:
OfficialJournal
No page date
►A1Act 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,theRepublicofPoland,theRepublicofSloveniaandtheSlovakRepublic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the EuropeanUnionisfoundedL236 33 23.9.2003
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COMMISSIONDIRECTIVE2002/4/EC
of30January2002
on the registration of establishments keeping laying hens, covered
byCouncilDirective 1999/74/EC
THECOMMISSIONOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective1999/74/ECof19July1999laying
down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens(1), and in
particularArticle7thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Directive 1999/74/EC lays down specific requirements for the
protection of laying hens in various systems of farming andallowtheMemberStatestochoosethemostappropriatesystemorsystems.
(2)Article 7 of Directive 1999/74/EC requires that every establish-ment covered by the scope of that Directive shall be registeredby the competent authority of the Member State and given adistinguishing number, which will be the medium for tracingeggsplacedonthemarketforhumanconsumption.
(3)Council Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 of 26 June 1990 oncertain marketing standards for eggs(
2), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 5/2001(3), makes it compulsory to stamp
eggs with a code designating the producer's distinguishing
numberandpermittingthefarmingmethodtobeidentified.
(4)The farming methods are defined by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1274/91 of 15 May 1991 introducing detailed rules
for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 on certainmarketing standardsfor eggs(
4),as last amended byRegulation
(EC) No 1651/2001(5), and also by Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricul-tural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural
products and foodstuffs(
6), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2491/2001(7), as far as organic production
isconcerned.
(5)A registration of the establishments under distinguishingnumbers is a condition for tracing eggs placed on the marketforhumanconsumption.
(6)The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordancewiththeopinionoftheStandingVeterinaryCommittee,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE:
Article 1
1. MemberStatesshall:
(a) establish a systemfor registering every production site (hereafter:
establishment)coveredbythescopeofDirective1999/74/EC,allo-
catingadistinguishingnumbertoit,inconformitywiththeAnnex
tothisDirective;
(b) ensurethatforeachsuchestablishmentatleasttheinformationset
outinpoint1oftheAnnexissuppliedtothecompetent authority2002L0004—EN—01.05.2004—001.001—2
(1) OJL203,3.8.1999,p.53.
(2) OJL173,6.7.1990,p.5.
(3) OJL2,5.1.2001,p.1.
(4) OJL121,16.5.1991,p.11.
(5) OJL220,15.8.2001,p.5.
(6) OJL198,22.7.1991,p.1.
(7) OJL337,20.12.2001,p.9.
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of the Member State, by a date determined by the Member State;
this date shall be such as to allow sufficient time for registrationofthoseestablishmentsinaccordancewithpoint(c);
(c) ensure that each establishment for which the required information
is supplied by the date determined pursuant to point (b) is regis-teredandallocatedadistinguishingnumberby31May2003.
2. MemberStatesshallprovidethat,from1June2003
(a) no establishment for which the information required pursuant to
paragraph1(b)hasnotbeensuppliedbythedatedetermined there
maycontinuetobeused;and
(b) no new establishment is brought into use prior to completion of
registrationandreceiptofthedistinguishingnumber.
3. Member States shall ensure that the register of establishments
established pursuant to paragraph 1 is accessible to the competent
authority of the Member State for the purpose of tracing eggs put on
themarketforhumanconsumption.
4. Member States shall ensure that changes concerning registered
dataarenotifiedtothecompetent authoritywithoutdelayandthattheregisterisupdatedimmediatelywhensuchinformationisreceived.
Article 2
Member States shall bringinto force the laws,regulations andadmin-
istrative provisions to comply with this Directive by 31 March 2003.TheyshallforthwithcommunicatetotheCommissionthetextofthose
provisions.
WhenMemberStatesadoptthoseprovisions,theyshallcontainarefer-
ence to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on theoccasion of their official publication. Member States shall determinehowsuchreferenceistobemade.
Article 3
ThisDirective shall enterinto forceonthe 20thdayfollowingthat of
itspublicationinthe Official Journal of the European Communities .
Article 4
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.2002L0004—EN—01.05.2004—001.001—3
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ANNEX
The definitions in Article 2 of Directive 1999/74/EC shall apply where neces-
sary.
1. DATAREQUIREDFORREGISTRATION
Foreachestablishmentatleastthefollowingdatashallberegistered:
— establishment:
— nameoftheestablishment,
— address,
— naturalpersonresponsibleforthelayinghens(hereafter‘keeper’):
— name,
— address,— registration number(s) of other establishment(s) covered by the
scopeofDirective1999/74/ECrunorownedbythekeeper,
— owneroftheestablishment,ifdifferentfromthekeeper:
— name,
— address,— registration number(s) of other establishment(s) covered by the
scopeofDirective1999/74/ECownedorrunbytheowner,
— furtherinformationontheestablishment:
— farming method(s) according to the definitions referred to under
point2.1,
— maximum capacity oftheestablishment innumberofbirdspresent
at one time; if different farming methods are used additionally the
maximumnumberofbirdspresentatonetimeperfarmingmethod.
2. DISTINGUISHINGNUMBER
The distinguishing number shall be composed of a digit indicating the
farming method determined in accordance with point 2.1 followed by the
code of the Member State according to point 2.2 and an identification
numberdefinedbytheMemberStateinwhichtheestablishmentislocated.
2.1.Codeforthefarmingmethod
The farming methods as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 as
amended used in the establishment shall be indicated by the following
code:
1 Freerange
2 Barn
3 Cages
Thefarmingmethodusedinestablishmentsproducingundertheconditions
specifiedinRegulation(EEC)No2092/91shallbeindicatedby:
0 Organicproduction
2.2.CodefortheMemberStateofregistration
AT Austria
BE Belgium
CY Cyprus
CZ CzechRepublicDE Germany
DK Denmark
EE EstoniaEL Greece
ES Spain
FI Finland2002L0004—EN—01.05.2004—001.001—4
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FR France
HU Hungary
IE Ireland
IT ItalyLT Lithuania
LU Luxembourg
LV LatviaMT Malta
NL Netherlands
PL PolandPT Portugal
SE Sweden
SI SloveniaSK Slovakia
UK UnitedKingdom.
2.3.Identificationoftheestablishment
EachMemberStateshallimplementasystemtoattributeauniquenumber
toeachestablishmenttoberegistered,whichmayalsobeusedforpurposes
other than for this Directive, provided that the identification of the estab-
lishmentisensured.
Member States can add further characters to the identification number, as
for the identification of single flocks kept in separated buildings of an
establishment.2002L0004—EN—01.05.2004—001.001—5
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