PART 1General

Products to which these Regulations apply3

1

These Regulations apply to–

a

eggs for hatching and chicks to which Council Regulation 2782/75 and Commission Regulation 1868/77 apply; and

b

eggs to which Council Regulation 1028/2006 and Commission Regulation 557/2007 apply (eggs in shell produced for consumption by hens of the species Gallus gallus).

2

But they do not apply to–

a

the sale of eggs to which Council Regulation 1028/2006 and Commission Regulation 557/2007 apply, where the eggs are sold, without any quality or weight grading, directly to the final consumer by the producer–

i

on the production site; or

ii

by door to door selling in the region of production; or

b

the sale of eggs to which Council Regulation 1028/2006 and Commission Regulation 557/2007 apply, where the eggs are sold, without any quality or weight grading, directly to the final consumer by the producer in a local public market in the region of production, except insofar as they relate to the requirement imposed by Article 4(3) of Council Regulation 1028/2006 to mark such eggs in accordance with Article 4(1) of that Regulation.

3

In paragraph (2)(a)(ii) “door to door selling” means a sale which is made during an unsolicited visit by a producer to the home of the final consumer, or to the home of another person, or to the place of work of the final consumer.