{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1237/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1237/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2007/1237",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1237/2007 of 23 October 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision 2006/696/EC as regards the placing on the market of eggs from Salmonella infected flocks of laying hens (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1237",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.\nIt shall apply from:\n1 November 2007 where Salmonella ssp. are identified in the flock of laying hens as the source of infection for humans by the consumption of eggs or egg products as a result of the epidemiological investigation of food-borne outbreaks in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2003/99/EC,\n1 January 2009 at the latest to all other flocks of laying hens.",
  "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/eur/2007/1237/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:38.444269+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."
}