Article 14 Access to open air areas

Open air areas may be partially covered.

In accordance with Article 14(1)(b)(iii) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 herbivores shall have access to pasturage for grazing whenever conditions allow.

In cases where herbivores have access to pasturage during the grazing period and where the winter-housing system gives freedom of movement to the animals, the obligation to provide open air areas during the winter months may be waived.

Notwithstanding paragraph 2, bulls over one year old shall have access to pasturage or an open air area.

Poultry shall have access to an open air area for at least one third of their life.

Open air areas for poultry shall be mainly covered with vegetation and be provided with protective facilities and permit fowl to have easy access to adequate numbers of drinking and feeding troughs.

Where poultry are kept indoors due to restrictions or obligations imposed on the basis of F1F2assimilated law, they shall permanently have access to sufficient quantities of roughage and suitable material in order to meet their ethological needs.