# The Eggs and Chicks (Wales) Regulations 2010, Regulation 13: Derogation relating to free-range eggs

Extent: E+W

(1) By way of derogation from the provisions of point 1 of Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008, eggs to which paragraph (2) applies may be marketed as free-range eggs.
(2) This paragraph applies to eggs that have—
(a) been produced in a system of production that does not comply with any one or more of the conditions mentioned in paragraph (3); and
(b) been produced in an establishment—
(i) with fewer than 350 laying hens at the time that the eggs are produced;
(ii) rearing breeding laying hens at the time that the eggs are produced; or
(iii) rearing breeding laying hens and with fewer than 350 laying hens at that time.
(3) The conditions are the conditions in the following provisions of Schedule 2 to the animal welfare regulations—
(a) paragraph 2(d) (but not the requirement for perches not to have sharp edges and to be at least 15cm per hen);
(b) paragraph 2(e);
(c) paragraph 5;
(d) paragraph 6(a);
(e) paragraph 7(a).
(4) It is for a person seeking to rely on paragraph (1) in order to market eggs as free-range eggs to prove that the eggs are eggs to which paragraph (2) applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2010/1671/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eggs-and-chicks-wales-regulations-2010/regulation-13
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