Products to which these Regulations applyS
3.—(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.