31971R2502

* Official Journal of the European Communities 959

23.11.71 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 258/9

REGULATION (EEC) No 2502/71 OF THE COMMISSION

of 22 November 1971 amending Regulation (EEC) No 95/69 on the marking of packings of industrial eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ Whereas the measures pr6vided for in this Regulation MUNITIES, are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 122/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common Article 1 organisation of the market in eggs, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1261 /71 2 ; The following provisions shall be substituted for the provisions of Article 7 (2) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 95 /69 : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1619/683 of 15 October 1968 on marketing standards £ (c) the marking "INDUSTRIAL EGGS" in black for eggs, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No capital letters, 2 cm high, and the marking 730/694 and in particular Article 22 (c) thereof; "unsuitable for human consumption" in black letters at least 0-8 cm high, in one or Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) more languages of the Community .' No 95/69 of 17 January 1969 implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1619/685 on marketing Article 2 standards for eggs, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 927/69,° specifies that industrial eggs shall be Until 1 April 1972, bands and labels not bearing the marketed in packings with a band or a label bearing, marking 'unsuitable for human consumption' shall be inter alia, the marking 'industrial eggs'; considered as complying with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 95/69 . Whereas it appears that in certain Member States these words could lead to confusion as regards the Article 3 use of eggs, because of legal provisions in other fields ; whereas the marking should therefore be Before 1 April 1972 each Member State shall provide supplemented by a statement that the eggs are not the other Member States and the Commission with a suitable for human consumption ; specimen of the band and the label.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 22 November 1971 .

For the Commission The President

Franco M. MALFATTI

1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p . 2293/67. 2 OJ No L 132, 18.6.1971 , p. 1 . 3 OJ No L 258, 21.10.1968, p. 1 . 4 OJ No L 96, 23.4.1969, p. 2. 5 OJ No L 13 , 18.1.1969, p. 13 . 6 OJ No L 120, 21.5.1969, p. 6.