# Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/2007 of 23 May 2007 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1028/2006 on marketing standards for eggs (repealed) EU Regulation No 557/2007 · adopted 23 May 2007 Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/2007 of 23 May 2007 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1028/2006 on marketing standards for eggs (repealed) ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/2007 of 23 May 2007 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1028/2006 on marketing standards for eggs (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Quality characteristics of eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Washed eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Grading of Class A eggs by weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Authorisation of packing centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Time limit for grading, marking, packing of eggs and marking of packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Information displayed on transport packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Marking of eggs for cross-border delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Producer code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Indications on Class B eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Marking of eggs delivered directly to the food industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Marking of packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Indication of the date of minimum durability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Packs marked as ‘extra’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Indication of how laying hens are fed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Information to be displayed for loose egg sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Quality of packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Industrial eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Repacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Records to be kept by producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Records to be kept by collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Records to be kept by packing centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Time limits for keeping records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Inspection of operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Decisions on non-compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Tolerance for quality defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Tolerance for egg weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Tolerance for marking eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Eggs for export to third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Imported eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Notification of infringements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Exceptions for the French overseas departments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Exceptions for certain regions of Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Evaluation of practices regarding certain voluntary labelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: Minimum requirements for systems of production for the various egg farming methods ## 1 ‘Free-range eggs’ must be produced in systems of production which satisfy at least the conditions specified in Article 4 of Directive 1999/74/EC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 ‘Eggs from caged hens’ must be produced in systems of production which satisfy at least: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III Regions of Finland referred to in Article 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V Entries referred to in Article 11(1)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/557 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-557 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.