{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158/annex-II/chapter-II/division-B/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158/annex-II/chapter-II/division-B/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/158",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158",
  "path": "annex/II/chapter/II/division/B/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Facilities\n(a) A hatchery must be physically and operationally separate from rearing facilities. The layout must be such as to allow the various functional units listed below to be kept separate:\negg storage and grading,\ndisinfection,\npre-incubation,\nhatching,\npreparation and packaging of goods for dispatch,\n(b) Buildings must be protected against birds coming from outside and rodents; floors and walls must be of hard-wearing, impervious and washable materials; natural or artificial lighting and air flow and temperature systems must be of an appropriate type; provision must be made for the hygienic evacuation of waste (eggs and chicks).\n(c) Equipment must have smooth and waterproof surfaces.",
  "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/eudr/2009/158/annex/II/chapter/II/division/B/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:04.009295+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."
}