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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSA1.7. GreeceA1.7.1. OverviewThe ban on the use of unenriched cages in line with Chapter II, Art.5.2 of Directive 1999/74/EC willbe implemented in Greece from 2012. The Greek egg industry is fragmented with the 15 mainproducer/packers accounting for less than 30% of total egg production. The three mainproducer/packers are Golden Eggs, Blahaki and Megafarm and of these, Golden Eggs account forapproximately 15% of total production while Megafarm and Blahaki Eggs have between 3% and 5%market share. Greece has 107 approved packing stations.Egg production in Greece amounted to just under 2.5 billion eggs in 2003, of which almost a third(31.7%) were produced in (generally) non-intensive systems for on-farm consumption or direct farmgatesales. The total number of laying hens in Greece in 2003 was 7,223,744 of which 6,196,444 henswere in commercial production.The Greek egg industry is located mainly in the outskirts of big cities (i.e. Athens and Thessaloniki).However, a significant part of egg production is also undertaken in the rest of the country includingthe region of Epirus (Ioannina), and islands (Dodecannese, Crete, etc). The region of Attica inparticular accounts for a quarter of total egg production in the country (2003), followed byThessaloniki with 8.6% and Ioannina with 5.7%.Egg processing in Greece is extremely limited and accounts for only second quality eggs from largepackers with seconds from smaller production/packing units simply being discarded. The processingsector represents around 0.5% of total egg production. There are three main egg processorsSovimo in Attica region, Ovo Fresco in Giannena and Avgo ABEE in Larissa. Sovimo is a subsidiary ofthe packer Golden Eggs although it is operated by the French egg processor SOVIMO (SociétéVimoise d’Ovoproduits). There are no egg drying facilities in Greece with processors producingliquid and frozen whole eggs, egg white and egg yolks.A1.7.2. Egg productionTotal egg production reached 2.488 billion eggs in 2003. The main production system used inGreece is the traditional cage accounting for 98% of laying hens in commercial flocks. There is asmall amount of free range, barn (achyrona) and organic production. Although one small producerhas invested in enriched cages, there is no record of egg production in enriched cages yet. It isworth noting that according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, alternative systems appearedonly in 2002 and account only for less than 0.5% of total laying hens. However, interviews withproducers indicate that some alternative production has been undertaken prior to 2002, but notrecorded. It is on this contention that a 2% share for alternative systems is predicated.191

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