# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 of 26 March 2020 laying down certain rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the documents needed for the retroactive recognition of periods for the purpose of conversion, the production of organic products and information to be provided by Member States (Text with EEA relevance), Division 1: Parents Gallus gallus intended for the production of hatching eggs for future laying hens and parents Gallus gallus intended for the production of hatching eggs for future fattening Gallus gallus:

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

Age
≥ 18 weeks
Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor area
Maximum number of breeding birds per m2 of usable area of the indoor area of the poultry house
6
Perches for breeding birds for future laying hens
Minimum cm perch/bird
18
Nests
7 female birds per nest or in case of common nest 120 cm2/female bird
Stocking density and minimum surface for outdoor area
Minimum m2 per bird of the outdoor area
4

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/464/annex/I/part/4/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-464/annex-I/part-4/division-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.