1.Save as otherwise provided for by the sanitary legislation, Member States may exempt operators at their request from the marking obligations provided for in Part VI, Point III(1) of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 where eggs are delivered directly from the production site to the food industry. The delivery shall be under the full responsibility of the food industry operator, which accordingly undertakes to use the eggs only for processing.
2.When in the cases referred to in paragraph 1 eggs are delivered from a production site in one Member State to the food industry in another Member State, the Member State where the production site is established shall appropriately inform the competent authorities of the other Member State about the granting of the marking derogation before the first delivery takes place.
3.Member States may exempt eggs that are imported from a third country and are delivered directly to the food industry from being marked provided that their final destination with a view to processing is checked by the competent authorities of the Member State.