{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-590/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-590/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2007/590",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 27 August 2007 on introducing preventive vaccination against highly pathogenic avian influenza and related provisions for movements in the Netherlands (notified under document number C(2007) 3977) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (2007/590/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-590",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Restrictions on the dispatch of table eggs",
  "text": "The competent authority shall ensure that table eggs that originate from and/or come from holdings where organic and free-range layers are kept and in which preventive vaccination is carried out are only dispatched to other Member States subject to compliance with the following conditions:\n(a) the table eggs are derived from poultry which originate from holdings which have been regularly inspected and tested with negative results for highly pathogenic avian influenza in accordance with the preventive vaccination plan, with particular attention being paid to sentinel birds; and\n(b) the table eggs are directly transported:\n(i) to a packing centre designated by the competent authority and that they are packed in disposable packaging or in containers, trays and other non-disposable equipment, which must be cleaned and disinfected before and after each use in accordance with the instructions and biosecurity measures required by the competent authority; or\n(ii) to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products as set out in Chapter II of Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/590/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:05.688231+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}