# Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs for hatching and farmyard poultry chicks, Article 2: Registration of establishments

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Every establishment shall be registered, at its request, by the competent authority appointed by the relevant authority and shall receive a distinguishing number.
The distinguishing number may be withdrawn from establishments which do not comply with the provisions of this Regulation.
2. All applications for registration of one of the establishments referred to in paragraph 1 shall be addressed to the competent authority .... The competent authority shall allocate to the establishment being registered a distinguishing number comprising the country code ‘UK’, together with an identifying number so allocated that it is possible to determine the activity in which the establishment is engaged.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/617/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-617/article-2
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