- batch
means the eggs in packs or loose from one and the same production site or packing centre, situated in one place, with one and the same laying date or date of minimum durability or packing date, the same farming method and, in case of graded eggs, the same quality and weight grading;
- broken eggs
means eggs showing breaks of both the shell and the membranes, resulting in the exposure of their contents;
- collector
means any establishment registered in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 to collect eggs from a producer for delivery to a packing centre, to a market selling exclusively to wholesalers whose undertakings are approved as packing centres, or to the food or non-food industry;
- eggs
means eggs in shell – other than broken, incubated or cooked eggs – that are produced by hens of the Gallus gallus species and are fit for direct human consumption or for the preparation of egg products;
- final consumer
means the ultimate consumer of a foodstuff who will not use the food as part of any food business operation or activity;
- food industry
means any establishment producing egg products intended for human consumption, excluding mass caterers;
- incubated eggs
means eggs from the time of insertion in the incubator onwards;
- industrial eggs
means eggs not intended for human consumption;
- loose egg sales
means the offer for retail sale of eggs to the final consumer, other than in packs;
- marketing
means holding eggs for the purpose of sale, including offering for sale, storage, packing, labelling, delivery, or any other form of transfer, whether free of charge or not;
- mass caterers
means the establishments referred to in Article 2(2), point (d), of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011;
- non-food industry
means any business producing products containing eggs not intended for human consumption;
- operator
means a producer and any other natural or legal person involved in the marketing of eggs;
- pack
means a wrapping containing Class A or Class B eggs, excluding transport packaging and containers of industrial eggs;
- packing centre
means a packing centre within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 that is authorised in accordance with Article 3(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2466 and where eggs are graded by quality and weight;
- producer code
means the distinguishing number of the production site according to point 2 of the Annex to Directive 2002/4/EC.
- production site
means an establishment keeping laying hens, registered in accordance with Commission Directive 2002/4/EC;
- repacking
means the physical transfer of eggs to another pack or the re-marking of a pack containing eggs;