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8.11.72 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 252/ 1

REGULATION (EEC) No 2335/72 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 October 1972 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1349/72 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN . COM­ should be published in the .Official Journal of MUNITIES, . the European Communities ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No European Economic Community; 1349/72 provides that the distinguishing mark for eggs wfych are not marked before incuba­ Having regard to Council Regulation No tion and are marketed as industrial eggs must 122/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common be specified; organisation of the market in eggs, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1261/72,2 Whereas statistics on which short-term and and in particular Article 15 thereof; ' long-term forecasts are based must be compar­ able; whereas to this end the form of monthly Having regard to Council Regulation No .returns from Member States should be harmo­ 123/67/EEC3 of '13 June 1967 on the common nised ; whereas this would be facilitated by the organisation of the market in poultrymeat, ^s use of a standard return form where the last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/71 ,4 administrative machinery of a Member State , and in particular Article 15 thereof; is such that the essential information cannot be . collected in any other way; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1349/725 of 27 June 1972 on the production Whereas it is for each Member State to provide and marketing of eggs for hatching and of for the penalties to be imposed for infringe­ farmyard poultry chicks, and in particular ments of these provisions ; Article 17 thereof; ' Whereas , to ensure that Regulation (EEC) Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1349/72 laid No 1349/72 is uniformly applied, provision down certain rules for the production and should be made for a regular flow of informa­ marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard tion between the Member States and the Com­ poultry chicks; whereas, if these rules are to be mission; ' . applied, implementing provisions must be adopted, in particular as regards the allocation Whereas the measures provided for in this of distinguishing numbers , the markings to be Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion made on eggs and the communications neces­ of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat ' sary; and Eggs;

Whereas each establishment must be given a registration number based on a code so drawn up in each Member State that it is possible to determine the activities in which the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: establishment is engaged; whereas , so that this code may be available to all concerned, it

Article1¶

1 OJ No 117, 1.9.6.1967, p. 2293/67. 1 . All applications for registration shall be 2 OJ No L 132, 18.6.1971 , p. 1 . addressed , to the competent authority of the 3 OJ No 117 , 19.6.1967 , p. 2301 /67. Member State in whose territory the establish­ 4 OJ No L 282; 23.12.1971 , p. 8 . 5 OJ No L 148 , 30.6.1972, p. 7. ment is located. This authority shall allocate

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to the establishment a distinguishing number It shall be sent by the Member States not later comprising the capital letters than the 20th of each month .

B for Belgium, D for Germany,

F for France, I for Italy, Article 5

L for Luxembourg and NL for the Netherlands, Member States who do not have the necessary administrative machinery for collecting the followed by an identifying number so allocated information required under Article 9 ( 1 ) of that it is possible to determine the activity in which the establishment is engaged. Regulation (EEC) No 1349/72 from hatcheries shall use the standard return form (part I) shown in Annex I. 2 . The Member States shall, before 1 Novem­ ber 1972, inform the Commission of the code used in allocating distinguishing numbers by which the activity in which the establishment Article 6 is engaged can be determined. The markings to be made on packings and The Commission shall publish in the Official tapes shall be made in indelible black ink in Journal of the European Communities the code letters or figures at least 20 mm high and used by each Member State. 10 mm wide, drawn at least 1 mm thick.

Article 2 Article 7 1 . Eggs for hatching shall be marked indi­ vidually in indelible black ink. The letters or Member States shall take all measures necessary figures shall be at least 2 mm high and 1 mm to penalize infringements of the provisions of thick. the Regulations relating to the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks. 2 . The tape provided for in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1349/72 shall be green and shall be of a standard form determined by the competent authority. Each Member Article 8 • State exercising the power conferred by the same paragraph shall, before 1 November 1972, The application of Regulation (EEC) No 1349/72 send a specimen of such standard tape to the in the Member States shall be reviewed regularly other Member States and to the Commission . in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18 of Regulation Nos 122/67/EEC and The tape must be affixed in such a way that 123/67/EEC. none of the particulars on the packing is totally or partially concealed.

Article 9 Article 3 Before 30 January of each year, and for the Eggs for hatching which are not marked before first time before 30 January 1974, the Member States shall send to the Commission a list of being incubated and are marketed as industrial eggs shall bear a green circle of a diameter of hatcheries drawn up on the standard form set out in Annex II . at least 12 mm, drawn at least 3 mm thick.

Article4¶

The standard return form of the monthly Until 30 November 1974 the standard return summary provided for in Article 10 of Regula­ form provided for in Article 4 shall be sent not tion (EEC) No 1349/2 is shown in the Annex. later than the 30th of each month.

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Article11¶

On 1 February 1973 , the following shall be The arrangements introduced by this Regulation added to the list in Article 1 ( 1): DK for shall apply from 1 December 1972. Denmark, EIR for Ireland and UK for the United Kingdom.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 31 October 1972. For the Commission The President

S. L. MANSHOLT

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ANNEX 1

Monthly summary of production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks

Country: • Month : Years : 1000 units

PART I A. Eggs for hatching Ducks Geese Guinea-fowl Cocks, hens , chickens Turkeys placed in incubation

Laying Meat Mixed Grandparent, parent and utility1

B. How chicks are used Cocks, hens , chickens Ducks Geese Turkeys Guinea-fowl

Laying Meat Mixed Grandparent and parent females

Utility females for laying X XX X X

Males and females for fattening X

Ύ Cockerels for sexing — grandparent — parent — laying x!x xx

1 Where possible Member States shall distinguish between grandparent, parent and utility.

PART II External trade in chicks Imports from third Ducks Geese Guinea-fowl Cocks , hens, chickens Turkeys countries

Laying Meat Mixed Grandparent and parent females • ■

Utility - - . Exports to third Cocks, hens , chickens Ducks Geese Guinea-fowl Turkeys countries

Laying Meat Mixed Grandparent and \/

parent females • • ■ A

Utility To be sent to: 1 . Directorate General for Agriculture 2 . Statistical Office of the Division for Poultry Products European Communities, B - 1040 Brussels Agricultural Statistics, rue de la Loi 200 Luxembourg 1 Centre Louvigny P.O. Box 1907

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ANNEX II

STRUCTURE AND UTILISATION OF HATCHERIES

The table covers only those hatcheries which were operating in the previous year.

Multiple activity hatcheries are to be included under each type of poultry actually produced.

Country: Region1: Year:

Cocks, hens, chickens

Capacity for each size classification Number2 Capacity2 Utilisation3

Laying Meat Mixed

1 001 to 10 000 10 001 to 20 000 20 001 to 50 000 50 001 to 100 000 100 001 to 200 000 more than 200 000

Total

Ducks Geese

Number Capacity2 Utilisation3 Number Capacity2 Utilisation3

1 001 to 2 000 2 001 to 5 000 5 001 to 10 000 10 001 to 20 000 20 001 to 50 000 50 001 to 100 000 100 001 to 200 000 more than 200 000

Total

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ANNEX 11 {cont'd)

Turkeys Guinea-fowl Capacity for each size classification Number Capacity2 Utilisation3 Number Capacity2 Utilisation3

1 001 to 2 000 2 001 to 5 000 5 001 to 10 000 10 001 to 20 000 20 001 to 50 000 50 001 to 100 000 100 001 to 200 000 more than 200 000

Total

To be sent to: 1 . Directorate-General for Agriculture 2 . Statistical Office of the Division for Poultry Products European Communities, B - 1040 Brussels Agricultural Statistics , rue de la Loi 200 Luxembourg 1 Centre Louvigny P.O. Box 1907

1 Region: Belgium : one region only Germany: Bundesländer France: régions de programme Italy: regioni Luxembourg: one region only Netherlands: one region only. 2 In thousands . 3 Eggs placed in incubation in the preceding year, in thousands.