{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158/article-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158/article-26.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/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Poultry and hatching eggs shall be accompanied by a certificate drawn up and signed by an official veterinarian of the exporting third country.\nThe certificate shall:\n(a) be issued on the day of loading for consignment to the Member State of destination;\n(b) be drawn up in the official language or languages of the Member State of destination;\n(c) accompany the consignment in the original;\n(d) attest to the fact that the poultry or hatching eggs satisfy the requirements of this Directive and those adopted pursuant to this Directive with regard to importation from third countries;\n(e) be valid for five days;\n(f) consist of a single sheet;\n(g) be made out for a single consignee;\n(h) bear a stamp and a signature of a different colour from that of the certificate.\n2. The certificate referred to in paragraph 1 shall comply with a model drawn up in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2).",
  "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/26",
    "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."
}