[extropy-chat] Re: POL(L): The Constitution of Europe

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From: "Dirk Bruere"

> What level of unity? That of a superstate that dictates 
> every facet of citizens lives, down to school timetables, 
> from Brussels?

It is already much much worse than that. 
See here below ..... and :-)
Regards,
s.


32003R0318
Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2003 of 19 February 2003 amending
Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing
Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs
-Official Journal L 046 , 20/02/2003 P. 0020 - 0020

Directory classification code
03.60.53. Agriculture - Products subject to market organization
- Eggs and poultry

EUROVOC
marketing standard ; egg ; packaging ; labelling

         THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 of 
26 June 1990 on certain marketing standards for eggs(1), 
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 5/2001(2), and in 
particular Article 10(3) and Article 20(1) and (4), thereof,
Whereas:
(1) [....]
(2) [....]
(3) In order to ensure proper land management and to prevent 
a build-up of harmful diseases, the open-air runs for laying 
hens may need to be rotated. Birds should be given even access 
to the whole paddock area and, where rotation on extensive free 
range system with at least 10 m2 per hen is practised, each bird 
should be ensured at all times at least 2,5 m2.
(4) It is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 
accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance 
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 is amended as follows:
1. [....]
2. in Annex III, the third indent of point (a) is replaced by 
the following: "- the open-air runs must at least satisfy the 
conditions specified in Article 4(1)(3)(b)(ii) of Council Directive 
1999/74/EC whereby the maximum stocking density is not greater than 
2500 hens per hectare of ground available to the hens or one hen 
per 4 m2 at all times; however, where at least 10 m2 per hen is 
available and where rotation is practised and hens are given even 
access to the whole area over the flock's life, each paddock used 
must at any time assure at least 2,5 m2 per hen, - the open-air runs 
do not extend beyond a radius of 150 m from the nearest pophole of 
the building; however an extension of up to 350 m from the nearest 
pophole of the building is permissible provided that a sufficient 
number of shelters and drinking troughs within the meaning of that 
provision are evenly distributed throughout the whole open-air run 
with at least four shelters per hectare."

[Ok, I stop here, but it is much longer ...]