{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-543/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-543/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/543",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 of 16 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultrymeat",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-543",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Without prejudice to Article 16(5) ..., frozen and quick-frozen chickens may be marketed by way of business or trade within Great Britain only if the water content does not exceed the technically unavoidable values determined by the method of analysis described in Annex VI (drip method) or that in Annex VII (chemical method).\n2. The competent authority shall ensure that the slaughterhouses adopt all measures necessary to comply with the provisions of paragraph 1 and in particular that:\nsamples for monitoring water absorption during chilling and water content of frozen and quick-frozen chickens are taken,\nresults of the checks are recorded and kept for a period of one year,\neach batch is marked in such a way that its date of production can be identified; this batch mark must appear on the production record.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 15(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 8(14)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 15(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/1422, regs. 1, 8(14)(a)(ii) (as substituted by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1453), regs. 1(2)(b), 14(18)(e)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Art. 15(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 8(14)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/543/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:14.162749+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."
}