18. 11. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 323/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3494/86 of 13 November 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2772/75 on marketing standards for eggs and Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86 (%), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86, and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2772/75 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3791/85 (%), lays down certain marketing standards for eggs ; Whereas experience gained since the introduction of those standards indicates the need to define the scope of the latter more clearly ; whereas, in view of recent trends in practices observed in hatcheries and in order to encou- rage the production and marketing of egg products, provi- sion should be made in particular for incubated eggs to be excluded from the scope of those standards; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 (¥, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3791/85, lays down provisions on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks; whereas, in order to be able to distinguish eggs withdrawn from incu- bators from eggs subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2772/75, ) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49. () OJ No L 133, 21. 5. 1986, p. 39. () OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77. () OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 36. 9 OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1985, p. 6. (9 OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 100. the provisions relating to the identification of eggs for hatching should be amended; whereas data should be collected at regular intervals on eggs withdrawn from incubators and use thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2772/75 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 1 (1) and (2) are replaced by the following : ‘1.  “Eggs” means hen eggs in shell, suitable for direct human consumption or for use in the food industries, except for incubated eggs. 2. “Industrial eggs” means hen eggs in shell other than those referred to in 1, including incubated eggs.’ 2. Article 6 (2) is deleted. 3. Article 9 is replaced by the following: Article 9 Grade C eggs shall be eggs which do not meet the requirements applicable to eggs in grades A or B. They may only be passed to egg processing plants or to industry.’ Article 2 Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 is hereby amended as follows : 1. In Article 5: — paragraph 1 is replacea by the following : ‘1. Eggs for hatching, used for chick production, shall be marked individually., — paragraph 2 is deleted and paragraphs 3 and 4 become paragraphs 2 and 3 respectively.