1. 8. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 218/81 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2221/92 of 31 July 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 on certain marketing standard for eggs THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 ~ of 2 June 1990 on certain marketing standards for eggs (*) and in particular Articles 10 (3), 20 (1) and 22 (2) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 (3, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3540/91 (3), provides for the detailed rules necessary for the implementation of such marketing standards ; Whereas experience has shown that the provisions regar- ding the optional indication of the laying date should be amended ; whereas it should be made unequivocally clear that the laying date, if used, must appear on both eggs and packs; whereas conditions under which packing stations supplied by production units situated at the same site are to indicate the laying date should be brought in line with those applied for other packing centers if use is made of sealed containers ; whereas rules should be laid down for indicating the laying date on eggs laid on a non-working day ; Whereas the optical indication of the type of farming should be limited to the terms listed in Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91, with the exception of organic or biological farming ; whereas in order to facilitate checks throughout the Community, the lists of registered producers should be exchanged between Member States and records of stocks of graded eggs should be kept by packing centres on a weekly basis ; Whereas the terms used for the food industry should be harmonized ; Whereas the provisions concerning the use of the term ‘extra’ should be amended in order to specify the condi- tions under which this term may appear on the pack; Whereas a positive weight tolerance should be introduced to assure fair competition between operators ; () OJ No L 173, 6. 7. 1990, p. 5. () OJ No L 121, 16. 5. 1991, p. 11. () OJ No L 335, 6. 12. 1991, p. 12. Whereas the measures provided for in this regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 1 is amended as follows : — Article 1 (1), second subparagraph is replaced by the following : ‘However, delivery or collection from producers to packing centres or to the industry may take place once a week only in those cases where ambient temperatures at which eggs are kept at the farm do not exceed 18 °C., — Article 1 (6), second indent is replaced by the following text : ‘ — it is intended to indicate the laying date on eggs which are supplied by production units situated at the same site as the packing centre and which are not in sealed containers in which case they shall be graded and packed on the day of laying or, if the day of laying falls on a non-working day, on the first subsequent working day.’; 2. Article 15 is replaced by the following text: ‘Article 15 1. In addition to the packing date, the recom- mended sell-by date and/or best-before date may be indicated by the operator at the time of packing on eggs or on packs containing them or on both. 2.  The laying date may be indicated by the operator on packs at the time of packing, in which case it shall also be indicated on the eggs contained in the packs. The laying date may, however, also be stamped on eggs at the farm. 3.  For the indication of the dates referred to in this Article on eggs, and in the case of the laying date also on packs, one or more of the terms listed in Annex I shall be used. 4. The dates referred to in this Article shall be indi- cated by two sets of figures representing, in the follo- wing order :