CELEX: 51993PC0254
Language: en
Date: 1993-06-04
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) AMENDING REGULATION (EEC) N° 1907/90 ON CERTAIN MARKETING STANDARDS FOR EGGS

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            COM(93) 254final
                                            Brussels, 4  June 1993
                        Amended proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                               AMENDING
   REGULATION (EEC) N*1907/90 ON CERTAIN MARKETING STANDARDS FOR EGGS
        (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3)
                          of the EEC-Treaty)
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On 13 Novâfttbor 1992, the Commission submitted a proposal to the Council
to amend Regulation (EEC) N' 1907/90 on marketing standards for eggs.
Following the discussions with Member States and the egg industry
since, it became evident that in order to provide better information to
consumers about the shelf-life of eggs, mandatory indication of the
date of minimum durability on egg packs should be aimed at, in
conformity with Council Directive 79/112/EEC on the labelling,
presentation and advertising of foodstuffs.
The amendments to the above mentioned proposal aim at replacing the up
to now mandatory packing date by that "best-before" date, followed by
an indication of appropriate storage conditions, for grade A eggs
(fresh table eggs), whereas for eggs of other grades (sold to
industry), the packing date would still be used. For imported eggs,
both packing and best-before dates would be required for control
purposes.
Since the principal aim of common marketing standards for eggs is to
facilitate intra-Comunity trade, these standards should apply uniformly
in ail Member States. This is also the case for the four points
contained in this amended proposal.
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                                    DRAFT
                          AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A
               COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N"      /93 AMENDING
  REGULATION (EEC) N* 1907/90 ON CERTAIN MARKETING STANDARDS FOR EGGS^>
                 (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to
                    Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty)
The original proposal is amended as follows :
The following new recital is added :
   " Whereas experience has shown that provisions for the indication of
     dates on grade A eggs and egg packs containing them should be
     modified to require mandatory indication of the date of miminum
     durability as for other foodstuffs in conformity with Council
     Directive 79/112/EEC of 18 December 1978 on the approximation of
     the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling,
     presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (2) as last amended by
     Directive 89/395/EEC (3) ; whereas for imported grade A eggs with a
     view to facilitate control, packs should also bear the indication
     of the packing date;"
 In Article 1, the following paragraphs 7 to 10 are added -.
7. Article 7 (a) is replaced by the following :
    "(a) the date of minimum durability ("best-before date")"
8. Article 10 (1) (e) is replaced by the following :
    " (e) the date of minimum durability ("best-before date") followed
      by appropriate storage conditions, for grade A eggs, and the
      packing date for eggs of other grades."
9. Article 13 (2) is replaced by the following :
    " (2) In the case of loose egg sales, the identification number of
      the packing centre which graded the eggs, or in the case of
      imported eggs the third country of origin, and the date of minimum
      durability followed by the appropriate storage conditions shall
      also be indicated."
10.Article 15 (b) ee) is replaced by the following :
    " (ee) the date of packing and the date of minimum durability,
      followed by appropriate storage conditions, for grade A eggs, the
      packing date for eggs of other grades."
(1) COM (92) 468 final.
(2) OJ N* L 33, 8.2.1979, p. 1.
(3) OJ N* L 186, 13.6.1989, p. 17.
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