CELEX: 31963R0129
Language: en
Date: 1963-12-12 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 129/63/EEC of the Council of 12 December 1963 on certain provisions relating to poultry eggs for hatching and live poultry not exceeding 185 grammes weight per head

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2938/63                         OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                  .  19.12.63
                                   REGULATION No 129/63/EEC OF THE COUNCIL
                                                  ' of 12 December 1963
                       on certain provisions relating to poultry eggs for hatching and live poultry
                                       not exceeding 185 grammes weight per head
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC                             Whereas, to enable Member States to introduce , legal
COMMUNITY,                                                       and administrative provisions for checks on eggs for
                                                                 hatching, sufficient time must be allowed between
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     the date of entry into force of the Regulation and the
European Economic Community, and in particular                   date of application of the provisions on stamping and
Article 43 thereof;                                              checking;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 21 1 on the               Whereas before fixing a quantity of feed-grain and a
progressive establishment of a common organisation               sluice-gate price for eggs for hatching there should be
of the market in eggs, and in particular the second              a certain trial period for the application of the
sentence of Article 3 (5 ) ( a), the first subparagraph .        provisions on stamping and checking of eggs for
of Article 6 ( 1 ), and Article 10 thereof;                      hatching;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 222 on                    Whereas the quantities of feed-grain for eggs for
the progressive establishment of a common                        hatching and for poultry not exceeding 185 grammes
organisation of the market in poultrymeat, and in                weight per head should be fixed at the same time;
particular Article 10 thereof;                                   whereas the sluice-gate prices for the same products
                                                                 should also be fixed at the same time;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
                                                                 Whereas it is necessary to extend certain provisions of
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                     Council Regulation No 104/63/EEC4 and of Council
Parliament3;                                                     Regulations Nos 45,5 466 and 1167 and of Council
                                                                 Regulation No 105/63/EEC,8 where applicable, until
Whereas, with a view to promoting poultry breeding               the date of application of Council Regulations which
and hatching, quantities of feed-grain and sluice-gate           will fix the quantities of feed-grain and the
prices other than those applicable to eggs in shell for          sluice-gate prices for eggs for hatching and for
consumption should be laid down for poultry eggs                 poultry not exceeding 185 grammes weight per head;
for hatching and for live poultry not exceeding 185
grammes weight per head ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas eggs for hatching should be prevented from
being put on the market as eggs for consumption ;
whereas, to this end, eggs for hatching should be                                         Article 1
stamped to distinguish them from eggs for
consumption;
                                                                 1 . Eggs for hatching for the production of poultry
                                                                 may not be imported or put on the market unless
Whereas, to ensure compliance with the rules on
stamping, a check on eggs for hatching put on the
                                                                 they bear an indelible black stamp giving in fully
market and on hatching stations and the eggs they
use is necessary;
                                                                 4  OJ No 140, 29.9.1963, p. 2407.
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                                                                 5  OJ No 53, 1.7.1962, p. 1568.
1 OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p. 953 .                                  6  OJ No 53, 1.7.1962, p. 1568.
2 OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p. 959.                                   7  OJ No 68, 31.7.1962, p. 1956.
3 OJ No 33, 4.3.1963, p. 453.                                    8  OJ No 140, 29.9.1963, p. 2408.
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legible roman type not less than 2 mm high, the                (b) the name (or business name) and address of the
following particulars :                                             poultry-breeding establishment where- the eggs
                                                                   were laid, and the name and address of the
(a) the words 'Brutei' or 'a couver' or 'cova' or                   responsible poultry farmer;
      'broedei' or 'for hatching';
                                                              (c) the number of eggs in the batch set for hatching;
 (b) the name of the country of origin ;
                                                              (d) the date on which the eggs were set for hatching.
(c) the registration number assigned by . a government
     agency to the poultry-breeding establishment
     where the eggs were laid.                                2. Establishments shall not be regarded as being
                                                              hatching stations,, for the purpose of this Regulation,
                                                              unless they have a total incubator capacity, excluding
2. • Each Member State shall, at least once a year,           hatching chambers, of at least 1000 eggs .
 communicate to the other Member States and to
the Commission the list of poultry-breeding
 establishments located on its territory producing                                     Article 5
 eggs for hatching which are to be put on the market.
                                                              1 . The quantity of feed-grain for eggs for hatching
This list must include the following particulars :            provided for in Article 3 (3 ) (a) of Council
                                                              Regulation No 21 shall be different from that laid
(a) the name (or business name) and address of the            down for eggs in shell for consumption ; this quantity
     poultry-breeding establishment;                          shall be fixed before 1 October 1964, in accordance
(b) the registration number of that establishment;            with the procedure laid down in the second sentence
                                                              of Article 3 (5 ) ( a) of that Regulation and shall be
(c) the name and address of the responsible poultry           used for calculating the levies applicable from 1
     farmer.                                                  January 1965 .
                         Article 2
                                                              2. The sluice-gate price for eggs for hatching
                                                              provided for in Article 6 of Council Regulation No
                                                              21 shall be different from that laid down for eggs in
Member States shall refuse imports of eggs for                shell for consumption ; this amount shall be fixed
hatching from third countries unless the country of           before 1 December 1964, in accordance with the
origin has furnished the particulars provided for in          procedure laid down in Article 6 ( 1 ) of that
Article 1 (2) above.                                          Regulation, and shall apply from 1 January 1965 .
                         Article 3
                                                                                       Article 6
Eggs for hatching may not be imported or put                  1 . The quantity of feed-grain required for the
on the market unless they are accompanied by a                production of live poultry not exceeding 185
document giving the following particulars :                   grammes weight per head shall, by way of derogation
(a) the name of the country of origin ;                       from Article 3 (5 ) of Council Regulation No 22, be
                                                              calculated with reference to the quantity of feed-grain
(b) the name (or business name), address and                  fixed for eggs for hatching in application of Article
     registration number of the poultry-breeding              5 ( 1 ) of this Regulation ; this quantity shall be fixed
     establishment where the eggs were laid, and the          before 1 October 1964, in accordance with the
     name and address of the responsible poultry              procedure laid down in the second sentence of the
     farmer;                                                  first subparagraph of Article 3 (6) of Council
                                                              Regulation No 22 and shall be used for calculating
(c) the number of eggs for hatching in the batch;             the levies applicable from 1 January 1965 .
(d) the delivery date.
                                                              2. . The sluice-gate price applicable to live poultry
                                                              not exceeding 185 grammes weight per head, shajl,
                         Article 4                            by way of derogation from the second subparagraph
                                                              of Article 6 ( 1 ), and the first indent of Article 6 (4)
1. At each hatching station the following                     of Council Regulation No 22, be calculated with
information shall be entered in writing for each batch       reference to the sluice-gate price fixed for eggs for
of eggs set for hatching:                                    hatching in application of Article 5 (2) of this
                                                              Regulation ; this quantity shall be fixed before 1
(a) the name of the country of origin ;                       December 1964, in accordance with the procedure
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laid down in Article 6 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation No         2. Council Regulations Nos 45, 46 and 116, as last
22, and shall apply from 1 January 1965 .                     extended by Council Regulation No 195/63/EEC, are
                                                              hereby extended until 31 December 1964.
                        Article 7
                                                                                      Article 8
 1 . The quantities of feed-grain provided for in
Article 1 of Council Regulation No 104/63/EEC shall
be maintained until otherwise decided by the Council          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
or, failing that, until the date when the Regulations         1964.
to be adopted by the Council for applying Articles 5
and 6 of this Regulation are put into effect.                 Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall apply from 1 May 1964.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 12 December 1963 .
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                     B. W. BIESHEUVEL