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2938/63 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES . 19.12.63

REGULATION No 129/63/EEC OF THE COUNCIL ' of 12 December 1963

on certain provisions relating to poultry eggs for hatching and live poultry not exceeding 185 grammes weight per head

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC Whereas, to enable Member States to introduce , legal COMMUNITY, and administrative provisions for checks on eggs for hatching, sufficient time must be allowed between Having regard to the Treaty establishing the the date of entry into force of the Regulation and the European Economic Community, and in particular date of application of the provisions on stamping and Article 43 thereof; checking;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 21 1 on the Whereas before fixing a quantity of feed-grain and a progressive establishment of a common organisation sluice-gate price for eggs for hatching there should be of the market in eggs, and in particular the second a certain trial period for the application of the sentence of Article 3 (5 ) ( a), the first subparagraph . provisions on stamping and checking of eggs for of Article 6 ( 1 ), and Article 10 thereof; hatching ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 222 on Whereas the quantities of feed-grain for eggs for the progressive establishment of a common hatching and for poultry not exceeding 185 grammes organisation of the market in poultrymeat, and in weight per head should be fixed at the same time ; particular Article 10 thereof ; whereas the sluice-gate prices for the same products should also be fixed at the same time; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; Whereas it is necessary to extend certain provisions of Having regard to the Opinion of the European Council Regulation No 104/63/EEC4 and of Council Parliament3 ; Regulations Nos 45,5 466 and 1167 and of Council Regulation No 105/63/EEC,8 where applicable, until Whereas, with a view to promoting poultry breeding the date of application of Council Regulations which and hatching, quantities of feed-grain and sluice-gate will fix the quantities of feed-grain and the prices other than those applicable to eggs in shell for sluice-gate prices for eggs for hatching and for consumption should be laid down for poultry eggs poultry not exceeding 185 grammes weight per head ; for hatching and for live poultry not exceeding 185 grammes weight per head ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas eggs for hatching should be prevented from being put on the market as eggs for consumption ; whereas, to this end, eggs for hatching should be Article 1 stamped to distinguish them from eggs for consumption ; 1 . Eggs for hatching for the production of poultry may not be imported or put on the market unless Whereas, to ensure compliance with the rules on they bear an indelible black stamp giving in fully stamping, a check on eggs for hatching put on the market and on hatching stations and the eggs they use is necessary ; 4 OJ No 140, 29.9.1963, p. 2407. \ 5 OJ No 53 , 1.7.1962, p. 1568. 1 OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p. 953 . 6 OJ No 53, 1.7.1962, p. 1568. 2 OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p . 959 . 7 OJ No 68, 31.7.1962, p. 1956. 3 OJ No 33, 4.3.1963, p . 453 . 8 OJ No 140, 29.9.1963, p. 2408.

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legible roman type not less than 2 mm high, the (b) the name (or business name) and address of the following particulars : poultry-breeding establishment where- the eggs were laid, and the name and address of the ( a) the words 'Brutei' or 'a couver' or ' cova' or responsible poultry farmer; 'broedei' or 'for hatching'; (c) the number of eggs in the batch set for hatching; (b) the name of the country of origin ; (d) the date on which the eggs were set for hatching. (c) the registration number assigned by . a government agency to the poultry-breeding establishment 2. Establishments shall not be regarded as being where the eggs were laid. hatching stations,, for the purpose of this Regulation, unless they have a total incubator capacity, excluding 2. • Each Member State shall, at least once a year, hatching chambers, of at least 1000 eggs . communicate to the other Member States and to the Commission the list of poultry-breeding establishments located on its territory producing Article 5 eggs for hatching which are to be put on the market. 1 . The quantity of feed-grain for eggs for hatching This list must include the following particulars : provided for in Article 3 (3 ) (a) of Council Regulation No 21 shall be different from that laid (a) the name (or business name) and address of the down for eggs in shell for consumption ; this quantity poultry-breeding establishment; shall be fixed before 1 October 1964, in accordance with the procedure laid down in the second sentence (b) the registration number of that establishment; of Article 3 (5 ) ( a) of that Regulation and shall be (c) the name and address of the responsible poultry used for calculating the levies applicable from 1 farmer. January 1965 .

2. The sluice-gate price for eggs for hatching Article 2 provided for in Article 6 of Council Regulation No 21 shall be different from that laid down for eggs in Member States shall refuse imports of eggs for shell for consumption ; this amount shall be fixed hatching from third countries unless the country of before 1 December 1964, in accordance with the origin has furnished the particulars provided for in procedure laid down in Article 6 ( 1 ) of that Article 1 (2) above. Regulation, and shall apply from 1 January 1965 .

Article 3 Article 6

Eggs for hatching may not be imported or put 1 . The quantity of feed-grain required for the on the market unless they are accompanied by a production of live poultry not exceeding 185 document giving the following particulars : grammes weight per head shall, by way of derogation from Article 3 (5 ) of Council Regulation No 22, be (a) the name of the country of origin ; calculated with reference to the quantity of feed-grain (b) the name (or business name), address and fixed for eggs for hatching in application of Article registration number of the poultry-breeding 5 ( 1 ) of this Regulation ; this quantity shall be fixed establishment where the eggs were laid, and the before 1 October 1964, in accordance with the name and address of the responsible poultry procedure laid down in the second sentence of the farmer ; first subparagraph of Article 3 (6) of Council Regulation No 22 and shall be used for calculating (c) the number of eggs for hatching in the batch; the levies applicable from 1 January 1965 .

(d) the delivery date. 2. . The sluice-gate price applicable to live poultry not exceeding 185 grammes weight per head, shajl, Article 4 by way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 6 ( 1 ), and the first indent of Article 6 (4) 1 . At each hatching station the following of Council Regulation No 22, be calculated with information shall be entered in writing for each batch reference to the sluice-gate price fixed for eggs for of eggs set for hatching: hatching in application of Article 5 (2) of this Regulation ; this quantity shall be fixed before 1 (a) the name of the country of origin ; December 1964, in accordance with the procedure

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laid down in Article 6 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation No 2. Council Regulations Nos 45, 46 and 116, as last 22, and shall apply from 1 January 1965 . extended by Council Regulation No 195/63/EEC, are hereby extended until 31 December 1964.

Article 7

Article 8 1 . The quantities of feed-grain provided for in Article 1 of Council Regulation No 104/63/EEC shall be maintained until otherwise decided by the Council This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January or, failing that, until the date when the Regulations 1964 . to be adopted by the Council for applying Articles 5 and 6 of this Regulation are put into effect. Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall apply from 1 May 1964.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 12 December 1963 .

For the Council

The President

B. W. BIESHEUVEL