Article 30 Imported eggs
United Kingdom
Before eggs may be imported into Great Britain from a third country, the Secretary of State must make a determination of equivalence.
Any determination must include an evaluation of the rules on labelling and marketing, farming methods and control and an assessment of whether the requirements contained in this Regulation are effectively met by operators in the third country concerned.
The Secretary of State must review the evaluation regularly.
Eggs imported from third countries shall be clearly and legibly marked in the country of origin with its ISO 3166 country code.
Eggs and packs of eggs moving from Northern Ireland to Great Britain must be marked in accordance with the requirements in this Regulation and in Annex 7 to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
Where there is not sufficient guarantee as to the equivalence of rules as referred to in F3paragraph 1 above, packs containing eggs imported from the countries in question shall bear on the outer surface in easily visible and clearly legible type:
the country of origin;
the farming method as ‘F4non-UK standard’.
F5Eggs may continue to be marked as ‘non-EC standard’ F6for the period beginning with 30 September 2022 and ending with 31 December 2023.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Art. 30(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1402), regs. 1(3), 3(3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1452, regs. 1(2)(b), 7(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Art. 30(2A) inserted by S.I. 2019/1422, reg. 4(15A) (as inserted by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1453), regs. 1(2)(b), 14(9))
- F3
Words in Art. 30(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 4(16)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F4
Word in Art. 30(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 4(16)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F5
Words in Art. 30(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 4(16)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1453, regs. 1(2)(b), 14(10)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F6
Words in Art. 30(3) substituted (E.) (30.9.2022) by The Food Information (Amendment of Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/938), regs. 1(1), 12; substituted (W.) (30.9.2022) by The Food Information (Amendment of Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/939), regs. 1(2), 12; and substituted (S.) (30.9.2022) by The Food Information (Transitional Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/265), regs. 1(1), 2