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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1995 and apply to Great Britain.

The Regulations make provision for the enforcement and execution of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2401/95 amending Regulation (EEC) No. 1274/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs (regulation 5). Regulation (EC) No. 2401/95 is concerned with the optional use of the indication “eggs from caged hens”.

The Regulations insert a definition of “sale” for the purpose of identifying enforcement authorities (regulation 3).

The Regulations also prescribe the official mark for the purposes of Article 21(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1274/91, which concerns the information to be provided on bands or labels on large packs of eggs (regulation 4).

A compliance cost assessment of the effect that this instrument would have on the cost of business is available from:

Milk, Pigs, Eggs and Poultry Division

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Room 511

Whitehall Place (East Block)

London SW1A 2HH.