1.Eggs delivered from a production site to a collector, a packing centre, food or non-food industry situated in another Member State shall be marked with the producer code before leaving the production site.
2.A Member State on whose territory the production site is situated may grant an exemption from the requirement provided for in paragraph 1, where a producer has signed a delivery contract with a packing centre in another Member State requiring the marking in accordance with this Regulation. Such an exemption may be granted only at the request of both operators concerned and with the prior written agreement of the Member State where the packing centre is situated. In such cases, a copy of the delivery contract shall accompany the consignment.
3.The minimum duration of delivery contracts referred to in paragraph 2 may not be less than one month.
4.The inspection services, referred to in Article 9 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2466, of the Member States concerned, and of any transit Member States, shall be informed before an exemption is granted in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.
5.Class B eggs marketed in another Member State that are marked in accordance with Part VI, Point III(1), second subparagraph, of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall, where appropriate, bear an indication in accordance with Article 9 of this Regulation so as to ensure that they can easily be distinguished from Class A eggs.