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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158/article-30",
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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": "article/30",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "On arrival in the Member State of destination, slaughter poultry shall be taken directly to a slaughterhouse for slaughter as soon as possible.\nWithout prejudice to any special conditions which may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(3), the competent authority of the Member State of destination may, on animal-health grounds, designate the slaughterhouse to which the poultry must be conveyed.",
  "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/30",
    "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."
}