# 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), Article 11

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

At the time of the consignment, slaughter poultry shall have come from a holding:
(a) where they have been held since hatching or for more than 21 days;
(b) which is not the subject of any animal health restrictions applicable to poultry;
(c) where the health examination carried out by the official veterinarian or authorised veterinarian during the five days preceding dispatch on the flock from which the consignment to be slaughtered is to be drawn has not revealed within that flock any clinical sign or suspicion of contagious poultry disease;
(d) which is not 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/158/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158/article-11
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