Commission Regulation (EC) No 505/98 of 3 March 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 505/98 of 3 March 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 of 26 June 1990 on certain marketing standards for eggs (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 818/96 (2), and in particular Articles 10(3) and 20(1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1511/96 (4), lays down the necessary provisions for the implementation of marketing standards in the egg sector;
Whereas the frequency of collection of eggs might be reduced from those producers who are in a position to provide guarantees of maintaining the temperature at which eggs are kept at the farm below 14 °C; whereas this derogation should be limited to those Member States where because of low production and population densities high collections and distribution costs are the rule and which record low average temperatures; whereas these conditions are fulfilled for Finland and Sweden only; whereas this measure should be applied as from 1 January 1998 in order to provide for a smooth transition to the application of common egg standards in Sweden which had been postponed until that date in accordance with Article 149(1) of the Act of Accession by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2059/96 (5);
Whereas in order to ensure better monitoring of the sales of eggs from non-caged hens it is necessary to provide for additional detailed records on the turn-over of these eggs at the stage of collectors and wholesalers;
Whereas it is appropriate to authorise Member States to delegate supervision of the correct labelling of eggs according to the type of farming used to bodies which are independent of producers;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,