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The Eggs (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

S.I. 1987/1184 · Made 3 July 1987

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AGRICULTURE

Made 3rd July 1987

Laid before Parliament 16th July 1987

Coming into force 6th August 1987

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Economic Community, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1972/1811.

f2

1972 c. 68; section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 to that Act and is to be read, as regards England and Wales, with section 40 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and S.I. 1984/447, and as regards Scotland, with section 289F and 289G of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), which were inserted by section 54 of the said Act of 1982 and S.I. 1984/526.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendment of the principal Regulations
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule THENew Schedule to the Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1985
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Eggs (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 1987, and shall come into force on 6th August 1987.

(2)

These Regulations shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1985f1

3Amendment of the principal Regulations

The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:—

(a)

From regulation 2(2) thereof the word “other” shall be deleted;

(b)

For regulation 7 thereof there shall be substituted the following regulation:

“7

The official mark for the purposes of any Community provision shall consist of the letters “UK”, each letter being 1 centimetre high surrounded by a line describing an oval.”;

(c)

From regulation 8(d) thereof the words “other than regulation 3 above” shall be deleted;

(d)

For the Schedule thereto there shall be substituted the contents of the Schedule to these Regulations.

In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 3rd July 1987.

Signature

L.S.

John MacGregor

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Sanderson of Bowden

Minister of State, Scottish Office

1st July 1987

Schedule THENew Schedule to the Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1985

THE SCHEDULE

COMMUNITY PROVISIONS

Regulation 2(1)

Regulations containing Community provisionsOfficial Journal of the European Communities: References
1. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2772/75 on marketing standards for eggs, as amended by —OJ No. L282, 1.11.75, p.56
(a) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1831/84OJ No. L172, 30.6.84, p.2
(b) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3341/84OJ No. L312, 30.11.84, p.7
(c) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3791/85OJ No. L367, 31.12.85, p.6
(d) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3494/86OJ No. L323, 18.11.86, p.1
2. Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1295/70 amplifying provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2772/75, as amended by —OJ No. L145, 3.7.70, p.1
Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 36/85OJ No. L5, 8.1.85, p.5
3. Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 95/69 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2772/75, as amended by —OJ No. L13, 18.1.69, p.13
(a) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 927/69OJ No. L120, 21.5.69, p.6
(b) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2502/71OJ No. L258, 23.11.71, p.9
(c) 1972 Act of AccessionOJ No. L73, 27.3.72, p.1 (OJ/SE, 27.3.72, p.1) at p.65
(d) 1979 Act of AccessionOJ No. L291, 19.11.79, p.1 at p.78
(e) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1943/85OJ No. L181, 13.7.85, p.34
(f) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3759/85OJ No. L356, 31.12.85, p.64
(g) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3906/86OJ No. L364, 23.12.86, p.20
4. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75 on production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks, as amended by —OJ No. L282, 1.11.75, p.100
(a) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3485/80OJ No. L365, 22.12.80, p.1
(b) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3791/85OJ No. L367, 31.12.85, p.6
(c) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3494/86OJ No. L323, 18.11.86, p.1
5. Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1868/77 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2782/75, as amended by —OJ No. L209, 17.8.77, p.1
(a) 1979 Act of AccessionOJ No. L291, 19.11.79, p.1 at p.78
(b) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3759/85OJ No. L356, 31.12.85, p.64
(c) Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1351/87OJ No. L127, 16.5.87, p.18

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply throughout Great Britain and come into force on 6th August 1987, amend the Egg, (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1985 (“the principal Regulations”). In consequence of further amendments made by Council Regulation (EEC) 3494/86 to Council Regulations (EEC) 2772/75 and 2782/75, by Commission Regulation (EEC) 3906/86 to Commission Regulation (EEC) 95/69 and by Commission Regulation (EEC) 1351/87 to Commission Regulation (EEC) 1868/77, they extend the Community provisions to which the principal Regulations apply (regulation 3(d)). They also make other minor amendments (regulation 3(a)—(d)).