EXPORT OF EGGS RULES *

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 85.09

EXPORT OF EGGS RULES *

6th October, 1967

LEGAL NOTICE 61 of 1967, as amended by Legal Notice 408 of 2007.

The title of these Rules is Export of Eggs Rules.

(Rule 3)

Form of notice of intention to export eggs

Name of exporter ........................................................................

Place of business ........................................................................

Place where eggs were produced ................................................

Number of cases to be exported ..................................................

Distinguishing marks (if any) ......................................................

Name of ship on which to be embarked ........................................

hour

day

month

year

Anticipated time

of departure

of the ship

Anticipated time

of the delivery of

eggs for

inspection

Signature of exporter .....................................

Date and time ................................................

For office use only

Inspected and graded by (name) .............................................

at (place of inspection) .................................... on (date and

time) ......................... and passed for export.

Grade

Large

Standard

Medium

Small

No. of cases

INSPECTOR

EXPORT OF EGGS

(1)

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Board" means the Board of Reference constituted under rule 10

of these Rules;

"Department" means the Department of Agriculture;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Agriculture;

"Ordinance" means the Agricultural Produce (Export) Ordinance.

(2) Words not otherwise defined in these Rules shall have the

same meaning as is assigned to them in the Ordinance.

(Rule 6 and 7)

Grade of Eggs for Export

No.

Grades

Net weight of each egg

1. LARGE

Not less than 62 grams

Less than 62 grams but not less than

2. STANDARD

53.15 grams

Less than 53.15 grams but not less

3. MEDIUM

than 46.10 grams

Less than 46.10 grams but not less

4. SMALL

than 42.50 grams

Any person who intends to export eggs to any country

shall, not later than twenty-four hours before the proposed time of

export, give to the Director a written notice in the form set out in

the First Schedule

Provided that -

(a) the Director may, at his discretion, accept such shorter

notice as he may deem reasonable, and

(b) the exporter may present for inspection and eventual

exportation a smaller quantity than that shown in the

notice.

(Rule 8)

Certificate of Inspection of Eggs

Given under Rule 8

A consignment of ........................................ cases of eggs

presented for export by ........................ per .................... on

......................... has been inspected at ................................ on

........................... by the undersigned, inspector, and passed as fit

for export and properly graded as provided in the Rules. A mark

"Passed for Export" has been placed on each case.

INSPECTOR

(1) Eggs in respect of which notice has been given in

accordance with the provisions of rule 3 shall be presented for

inspection by an inspector at the Agricultural Produce Inspection

Shed at Marsa or at such other place as the Director may specify.

(2) The Director may also specify the time at which any such

eggs are to be presented for inspection.

(Rule 9)

Notice as required under rule 9

I, ................................................., a duly authorised inspector,

having examined the consignment of eggs presented by you on

................................... and consisting of .........................:.....

cases, do not consider that this consignment/ ..............................

cases thereof conforms / conform to the Rules, for the following

reasons: .........................................................................................

Your attention is drawn to the fact that, in terms of article 18 of

the Agricultural Produce (Export) Ordinance and of rule 9, you are

entitled to have this decision reviewed by a Board of Reference in

accordance with the procedure therein prescribed.

If you do not wish to have this decision reviewed, you are hereby

requested to remove forthwith the said consignment or part thereof

in accordance with rule 9.

INSPECTOR

DATE .........................................

NAME AND ADDRESS OF EXPORTER .......................................

(1) Eggs intended for export and presented for inspection

shall be packed in standard containers of a capacity of 30 dozen

eggs.

(2) All the eggs in any such container shall be of the same

grade.

(1) On each container there shall be printed in clearly

legible letters -

(a) the words "PRODUCE OF MALTA";

(b) the name of the exporter; and

(c) the grade of the eggs in accordance with the Second

*These Rules have been repealed by Act XXXIV of 2023.

Schedule.

(2) The letters of the words specified in paragraph (a) of sub-

rule (1) of this rule shall be printed in not less than five centimetres

in height.

Eggs presented for inspection prior to export shall be in

ac cordanc e w ith one of the g rade s specified i n the Second

Schedule, and shall be clean, fresh and free from any cracks, blood

or meat spots, and shall be marked by the relative grade number

indicated in the said Schedule.

When an inspector has satisfied himself that a consignment

of eggs conforms in all respects to the provisions of these Rules, he

shall mark each container thereof with the words "PASSED FOR

EXPORT" and shall provide the exporter with a certificate in the

form set out in the Third Schedule.

If an inspector is not satisfied that a consignment of eggs,

or any part thereof, conforms in all respects to these Rules, he shall

not place any mark on any of the containers not approved by him

but shall provide the exporter with a notice in the form set out in

the Fourth Schedule, and the exporter shall, if the inspection was

carried out on premises occupied by the Government, remove

forthwith any such containers therefrom unless he gives the

inspector notice of reference to the Board.

(1) The Board of Reference, referred to in article 18 of the

Ordinance, shall be composed of the Director, or an officer of the

Department acting on behalf of the Director, as Chairman and two

other members selected from a panel of ten persons engaged in the

agricultural produce export trade.

(2)

Such panel shall be appointed yearly by the Minister.

(3) The two members of the Board, other than the Chairman,

shall be selected one by the Chairman and one by the complainant.

(4) No panel member shall sit on the Board in connection with

any eggs in respect of which he shall have any direct or indirect

interest.

There shall be charged in respect of an inspection of any

eggs intended for export a fee of two cents (0.02) per case of 360

eggs.

Any exporter who wants to refer to the Board a decision

given by an inspector shall deposit with the inspector a fee at the

rate of twelve cents (0.12) per case of eggs, which deposit shall in

no case be less than six euros and ninety-nine cents (6.99).