{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158/article-18.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": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Day-old chicks and hatching eggs shall be transported in either:\n(a) unused purpose-designed disposable containers to be used only once and then destroyed; or\n(b) containers which may be re-used provided they are cleaned and disinfected beforehand.\n2. In any event the containers referred to in paragraph 1 shall:\n(a) contain only day-old chicks or hatching eggs of the same species, category and type of poultry, coming from the same establishment;\n(b) be labelled with:\n(i) the name of the Member State and region of origin;\n(ii) the establishment of origin’s approval number as provided for in Annex II, Chapter I(2);\n(iii) the number of chicks or eggs in each box;\n(iv) the poultry species to which the eggs or chicks belong.\n3. Boxes holding day-old chicks or hatching eggs may be grouped for transport in appropriate containers. The number of boxes thus grouped and the indications referred to in paragraph 2(b) shall be shown on those containers.\n4. Breeding and productive poultry shall be transported in crates or cages:\n(a) which contain only poultry of the same species, categories and type, coming from the same establishment;\n(b) bearing the approval number of the establishment of origin as provided for in Annex II, Chapter I(2).\n5. Breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks shall be conveyed without delay to the establishment of destination, without coming into contact with other live birds, except breeding and productive poultry or day-old chicks satisfying the conditions laid down in this Directive.\nSlaughter poultry shall be conveyed without delay to the slaughterhouse of destination, without coming into contact with other poultry, except slaughter poultry satisfying the conditions laid down in this Directive.\nPoultry intended for restocking supplies of game shall be conveyed without delay to the point of destination without coming into contact with other poultry except poultry intended for restocking supplies of game satisfying the conditions laid down in this Directive.\n6. Crates, cages and vehicles shall be designed so as to:\n(a) preclude the loss of excrement and minimise the loss of feathers during transit;\n(b) allow visual inspection of the poultry;\n(c) allow cleansing and disinfection.\n7. The vehicles and, if they are not disposable, the containers, crates and cages shall, before loading and unloading, be cleansed and disinfected in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority of the Member State concerned.",
  "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/article/18",
    "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."
}