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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-free-range-egg-marketing-standards-amendment-scotland-regulations-2024/note",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2024/9780111061008",
  "legislation_title": "The Free-Range Egg Marketing Standards (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-free-range-egg-marketing-standards-amendment-scotland-regulations-2024",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 (“EUR 2008/589”) which lays down detailed rules as regards marketing standards for eggs.\nRegulation 2 amends EUR 2008/589, paragraph 1, second sub-paragraph in point (a) of Annex 2 (minimum requirements for systems of production for the various egg farming methods). The amendment removes the 16 week limit on the length of time packs of Class A eggs can continue to be marked as “free-range” where the laying hens’ daytime access to open-air runs is restricted. It provides that eggs can be marked as “free-range” notwithstanding any temporary restriction imposed on the basis of assimilated law to protect public or animal health.\nA Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment and a Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment have been prepared and are available online at www.legislation.gov.uk.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2024/9780111061008/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:29:03.056563+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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