
Article 1 
Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 is replaced by the following:
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Article 11 

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 Annex XIV.A.III(1) and in Annex XIV.A.IV(3) to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 where eggs are delivered directly from the production site to the food industry.
2. In the cases referred to in the first paragraph:
(a) Member States where the production site is established shall appropriately inform the competent authorities of the Member States concerned about the granting of the marking derogation before any deliveries take place;
(b) when the derogation concerns a supplier situated in a third country, the eggs shall be delivered to industry only provided that their final destination with a view to processing is checked by the competent authorities of the Member State granting the exception;
(c) the delivery shall be under the full responsibility of the food industry operator, which accordingly undertakes to use the eggs only for processing.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the 1 July 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 24 June 2008.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission