PART 1General
Title, commencement and application1
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The title of these Regulations is the Eggs and Chicks (Wales) Regulations 2009.
2
These Regulations come into force on 17 April 2009.
3
These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
4
These Regulations apply—
a
to eggs for hatching and chicks to which point I(1) of Part C of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 617/2008 apply; and
b
to eggs to which point I(1) of Part A of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 apply (eggs in shell produced for consumption by hens of the species Gallus gallus).
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These Regulations do not apply—
a
to establishments and hatcheries of the type mentioned in point I(2) of Part C of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation.
b
to the sale of eggs to which point I(1) of Part A to the Single CMO Regulation and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 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;
ii
by door-to-door selling in the region of production; or
c
except insofar as they relate to the requirement imposed by point III(3) of Part A of Annex XIV to the Single CMO Regulation, to the sale of eggs to which point I(1) of Part A of Annex XIV to that Regulation and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 589/2008 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.
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In paragraph (5) (b) (ii) “door-to-door selling” (“gwerthu o dŷ i dŷ”) means a sale which is made during an unsolicited visit by a producer to the final consumer’s home, or to the home of another person, or to the final consumer’s place of work.