31973R0373

12 . 2 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 39/37

REGULATION (EEC) No 373 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 January 1973

correcting Regulation No 2335/72 as regards the distinguishing number allocated in Ireland to establishment producing eggs for hatching and chicks of domestic poultry

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES , Article 1

1 . Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2335/72 is Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No replaced by the following : 1349/72 (x) of 27 June 1972 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of chicks of ' 1 . All applications for registration shall be ad­ domestic poultry, as amended by Regulation (EEC) dressed to the competent authority of the Mem­ No 225/73 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof, ber State in whose territory the establishment is located. That authority shall allocate to the establishment a distinguishing number compri­ Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2335/72 (3) sing the capital letters , B for Belgium, DK for of 31 October 1972 implementing Council Regulation Denmark, D for Germany, F for France, IRL (EEC) No 1349/72 on the production and marketing for Ireland, I for Italy, L for Luxembourg, NL of eggs for hatching and chicks of domestic poultry laid for the Netherlands and UK for the United King­ down that the distinguishing numbers allocated to the dom, followed by an identifying number so production establishments engaged in the activity con­ allocated that it is possible to determine the cerned should comprise abbreviations for each Mem­ activity in which the establishment is engaged .' ber State ; whereas the abbreviation EIR for Ireland is not that commonly used to identify that country ; 2. Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2335/72 is re­ pealed.

Whereas, this being so, it is necessary to substitute Article 2 IRL for that abbreviation ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Communities . are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs ; This Regulation shall apply from 1 February 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 31 January 1973 .

For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(*) OJ No L 148 , 30. 6. 1972 , p. 7. (2) OJ No L 27 . 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 16. (8) OJ No L 252 , 8 . 11 . 1972 , p. 1 .