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Article 6

Codified version
Council Directive 2009/158/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

Hatching eggs, day-old chicks, breeding poultry and productive poultry shall come from: establishments which fulfil the following requirements: they must be approved and given a distinguishing number by the competent authority, in accordance with the rules set out in Chapter I of Annex II; they must not, at the time of consignment, be the subject of any animal health restrictions applicable to poultry; they must not be located in an area which for animal health reasons is subject to restrictive measures in accordance with Community legislation as a result of the outbreak of a disease to which poultry is susceptible; a flock which at the time of consignment presents no clinical sign or suspicion of contagious poultry disease.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.