Regulation 12 Derogation relating to barn eggs

(1)

By way of derogation from the provisions of point 2 of Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008, eggs to which paragraph (2) applies may be marketed as barn eggs although they have been produced in a system of production that does not comply with any one or more of the conditions specified in paragraph (3).

(2)

This paragraph applies to eggs produced in an establishment with fewer than 350 laying hens or rearing breeding laying hens at the time the eggs are produced.

(3)

The following conditions of F1schedule 3 of the Scottish welfare regulations are specified for the purpose of paragraph (1)–

F2(a)

the second and third conditions of paragraph 17(d),

(b)

paragraph 17(e),

(c)

paragraph 18,

(d)

paragraph 19(a)(i), and

(e)

paragraph 19(b)(i).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 12(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture Market Measures (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/347), regs. 1(3), 4(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Reg. 12(3)(a)-(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture Market Measures (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/347), regs. 1(3), 4(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)