{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Hatching eggs, day-old chicks, breeding poultry and productive poultry shall come from:\n(a) establishments which fulfil the following requirements:\n(i) they must be approved and given a distinguishing number by the competent authority, in accordance with the rules set out in Chapter I of Annex II;\n(ii) they must not, at the time of consignment, be the subject of any animal health restrictions applicable to poultry;\n(iii) they must not be 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;\n(b) a flock which at the time of consignment presents no clinical sign or suspicion of contagious poultry disease.",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}