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8.—(1) The Secretary of State is designated as the competent authority for the purpose of Article 5(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 (authorisation of undertakings as packing centres to grade eggs) as read with Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007.
(2) Where an application is made to the Secretary of State under Article 5(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 to authorise an undertaking as a packing centre to grade eggs M1, he must notify the applicant of the matters specified in paragraph (3) within 28 days.
(3) The matters are—
(a)the Secretary of State's decision on the application;
(b)the reasons for any refusal to grant an authorisation; and
(c)in the case of any refusal to grant an authorisation, the right of appeal conferred by regulation 18.
(4) Where the Secretary of State is not satisfied that an application should be granted, he may (instead of refusing the application) notify the applicant of the reason for this and—
(a)where the Secretary of State is not satisfied with the sufficiency of the data provided in support of the application, he may ask the applicant to provide further data;
(b)where the Secretary of State is not satisfied that all of the requirements laid down in Article 5(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 and Article 5(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007 that are relevant to the type of packing centre to be authorised have been met, he may ask the applicant to comply with any outstanding requirement; and
(c)he may give the applicant an opportunity to provide oral or written explanations to him in respect of the application.
(5) Where the Secretary of State decides to withdraw an authorisation of a packing centre to grade eggs because of a failure to comply with any of the requirements laid down in Article 5(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 or Article 5(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007, he must notify the person carrying on business at the packing centre (“the operator”) of the matters specified in paragraph (6) within 28 days.
(6) The matters are—
(a)the Secretary of State's decision to withdraw the authorisation;
(b)the date on which the withdrawal of the authorisation is to take effect;
(c)the reasons for the withdrawal; and
(d)the right of appeal conferred by regulation 18.
(7) Where the Secretary of State is minded to withdraw the authorisation of a packing centre to grade eggs because of a failure to comply with any of the requirements laid down in Article 5(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 or Article 5(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007, he may (instead of withdrawing the authorisation) notify the operator that he is minded to withdraw the authorisation, and the reasons for this, and—
(a)where the failure to comply with any of the requirements laid down in Article 5(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1028/2006 or Article 5(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007 is continuing, he may ask the operator to take steps to ensure that those requirements are met; and
(b)he may give the operator an opportunity to provide oral or written explanations to him in respect of the matter.
(8) Where the Secretary of State gives a notice to an applicant under paragraph (4), or to an operator under paragraph (7), the Secretary of State must specify a deadline in the notice by which any action specified in the notice must be taken.
(9) Any deadline given by the Secretary of State under this regulation may be extended on one or more occasions.
(10) Any notice given by the Secretary of State under this regulation must be in writing.
(11) For the purposes of calculating the 28-day time limit specified in paragraph (2), the clock is stopped during any period that the Secretary of State gives to an applicant to take any action specified in a notice under paragraph (4).
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M1See also Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 557/2007.
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