# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035 of 28 June 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for establishments keeping terrestrial animals and hatcheries, and the traceability of certain kept terrestrial animals and hatching eggs (Text with EEA relevance), Division 3: The requirements in relation to the facilities and equipment of hatcheries, as referred to in Article 7, shall be the following:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) hatcheries must be physically and operationally separated from facilities keeping poultry or any other birds;
(b) the following functional units and equipment must be kept separate:
(i) egg storage and grading;
(ii) egg disinfection;
(iii) pre-incubation;
(iv) incubation for hatching;
(v) sexing and vaccination of day-old chicks;
(vi) packaging of hatching eggs and day-old chicks for dispatch;
(c) day-old chicks or hatching eggs kept at the hatchery must not come into contact with rodents and with birds outside the hatchery;
(d) operations must be based on a one-way circuit for hatching eggs, mobile equipment and personnel;
(e) appropriate natural or artificial lighting, air flow and temperature systems must be available;
(f) it must be possibly to readily clean and disinfect the floors, walls and all other material or equipment at the hatchery;
(g) appropriate equipment must be available for the cleaning and disinfection of facilities, equipment and means of transport used for the day-old chicks and hatching eggs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2035/annex/I/part/3/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2035/annex-I/part-3/division-3
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