{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158/annex-II/chapter-II/division-B/division-2",
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  "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/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Operation\n(a) Operation must be based on a one-way circuit for eggs, mobile equipment and personnel.\n(b) Hatching eggs must be:\nfrom Community pedigree breeding or breeding establishments approved in accordance with Article 6(a)(i),\nimported from third countries in accordance with this Directive,\n(c) Hygiene rules must be drawn up by the management of the establishment; personnel must wear appropriate working clothing and visitors protective clothing.\n(d) Buildings and equipment must be kept in good repair.\n(e) The following must be disinfected:\neggs, between the time of their arrival at the hatchery and the incubation process or at the time of their dispatch for trade within the Union or export to a third country, unless they have been previously disinfected at the breeding establishment of origin,\nthe incubators, regularly,\nhatchers and equipment, after the hatching of each batch,\n(f) A programme of microbiological quality control must be used to assess the health status of the hatchery.\n(g) The farmer must notify the authorised veterinarian of any variation in production performance or any other sign suggesting the presence of a contagious poultry disease. As soon as contagious disease is suspected, the authorised veterinarian must send the samples needed for making or confirming the diagnosis to an approved laboratory and inform the competent veterinary authority, which shall decide on appropriate measures to be taken.\n(h) A flock history, register or data medium for the hatchery must be kept for at least two years showing, if possible by flock:\nthe origin of the eggs and their arrival date,\nhatching yields,\nany abnormalities,\nany laboratory tests and the results thereof,\ndetails of any vaccination programmes,\nthe number and the destination of incubated eggs which have not hatched,\nthe destination of day-old chicks,\n(i) Where a contagious poultry disease occurs, the results of laboratory tests must be communicated immediately to the authorised veterinarian.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Decision of 1 April 2011 amending Annexes II to IV to Council Directive 2009/158/EC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (notified under document C(2011) 2068) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/214/EU)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/158/annex/II/chapter/II/division/B/division/2",
    "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."
}