{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-589/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-589/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/589",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 of 23 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-589",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Time limit for grading, marking and packing eggs and marking packs",
  "text": "1. Eggs shall be graded, marked and packed within 10 days of laying.\n2. Eggs marketed in accordance with Article 14 shall be graded, marked and packed within four days of laying.\n3. The date of minimum durability referred to in Article 12(1)(d) shall be marked at the time of packing in accordance with Annex 10 to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(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(7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/589/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:12.886367+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}