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30.6.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL148/5
REGULATION (EEC)No1348/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of27June1972
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1619/68onmarketingstandardsforeggs
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;asfromThursdaytheycouldpackasufficient
numberofeggsintimeforthefirstdaysofthe
followingweek;
WhereasinadditionArticle17(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1619/68hasbeendifficulttoapplyand
shouldthereforebeamended;
WhereasArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No1619/68
authorizestheuseofatrademarkonpacks,but
whereascertaintrademarksincludeinformation
concerningthepackedeggswhichisincompatible
withtheaimsofthestandardsintendedtoensure
uniformcompetitiveconditions;whereastherefore
theconditionsforusingthesetrademarksshouldbe
specified;
Whereasthenumberofeggsshouldbeindicatedon
packingsofeggscomingfromthirdcountries;
whereasifthisweredoneitwouldnolongerbe
necessarytorequiretheweighttobeindicatedon
packs;
Whereastheproposedprovisionsinvolvechangesfor
theundertakingsconcerned;whereasthereforean
appropriatetransitionalperiodmustbeprovidedin
eachcase;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
122/67/EEC1of13June1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketineggs,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1261/71,2andinparticular
Article2(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1619/683of
15October1968onmarketingstandardsforeggs,as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No730/69,4fixed
Communitystandardsforthemarketingofheneggs
inshell;
Whereastheapplicationofthestandardsappearsto
causedifficultiesincertaincasesforproducers,
packingcentresandtraders,whichcanbeeliminated
ormitigatedbyamendingtheprovisionsconcerned
withoutcallingintoquestiontheaimsofthe
Regulation;
Whereasininternationaltradeitiscurrentpracticeto
markeggsinred;whereasthereforetheuseofred
insteadofblackformarkingeggsintheCommunity
couldpromotetradewiththirdcountries;
Whereaspackingsofeggsmustbearthedateora
weeknumbershowingthedateofpackingand
whereastheweeknumbercanbeusedasfromthe
Fridayofthepreviousweek;whereasoneworking
dayisgenerallynotsufficienttoprepareenough
packingsbearingthenewweeknumberforMonday
ofthefollowingweek;whereas,packingcentreswere
authorizedtousethenumberofthefollowingweekHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
InArticle14(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1619/68the
word'red'shallbesubstitutedfortheword'black'.
Article2
1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2293/67.ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle17(2)
and(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No1619/68:
'2.Thenumberreferredtoinparagraph1(e)
shallindicatethecompleteweekbeginningon
Mondaybutitmaybeusedfrommidnighton
Wednesdayofthepreviousweek.Everyyearthe2OJNoL132,18.6.1971,p.1.
OJNoL258,21.10.1968,p.1.
1OJNoL96,23.4.1969,p.1.

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(bb)thenameofthepackersinthethird
country,
(cc)thequalityandweightgrading,numberingshallbecontinuousfrom1to52or
53.Theweekwhichincludes1Januaryshallbear
thenumber1.
3.Anindicationofthepackingdateorofthe
numberoftheweekshallbeplacedonpacks
containingeggsinGradeAatthelatestonthe
workingdayfollowingthedayonwhichtheeggs
arereceivedinthepackingcentre.'(dd)for'packages,theweightin
kilogrammesofthepackedeggsand,
forpackagesandpacks,theirnumber,
(ee)thedateofpacking,
(ff)thesender'snameandaddressinthe
caseofpackages.'Article3
ArticleS ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle18
paragraph1(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No1619/68:
'(a)Thename,businessnameandaddressofthe
undertakingwhichhaspackedtheeggsor
hadthempacked;thetrademarkusedby
thatundertakingmaybeshownifitcontains
nowordingrelatingtothequalityor
freshnessoftheeggswhichisincompatible
withthisRegulation.'1.Eggsbearingblackdistinguishingmarksshallbe
considereduntil30June1972tocomplywithArticle
14ofRegulation (EEC)No1619/68.
2.Packscontainingeggsfromthirdcountriesand
bearinganindicationoftheweightofthepacked
eggsshalluntil30September1972tocomplywith
Article23ofRegulation (EEC)No1619/68.
3.Packsbearingatrademarkauthorizedbefore
theentryintoforceofthisRegulationshalluntil30
November1972bedeemedtocomplywithArticle18
(1)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No1619/68.Article4
ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle23(c)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1619/68:
'(c)theyareputupinpackings,includingpacks
containedinpackages,bearingclearlyand
legiblythefollowinginformation :
(aa)thecountryoforiginprintedinRoman
typeatleast20mmhighforpackages
andatleast5mmhighforpacks,Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,27June1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.THORN