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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-688/article-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-688/article-36.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/688",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards animal health requirements for movements within the Union of terrestrial animals and hatching eggs (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-688",
  "path": "article/36",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Requirements for movements of day-old chicks",
  "text": "1. Operators shall only move day-old chicks to another Member State when the following requirements are fulfilled:\n(a) the animals come from an approved hatchery;\n(b) the animals have been hatched from hatching eggs which:\n(i) fulfil the requirements of Article 38 and originate from flocks which have been subjected to checks in accordance with Article 91(1)(f) and Article 91(2)(f);\nor\n(ii) have entered into the Union from a third country or territory or zone thereof;\n(c) the relevant requirements related to vaccination as provided for in Article 41 and 42 for the specific category of poultry.\n2. In the case of day-old chicks hatched from hatching eggs which have entered into the Union from a third country or territory or zone thereof, the competent authority of the Member State of origin of those day-old chicks shall inform the competent authority of the Member State of intended destination that the hatching eggs had entered the Union from a third country.\n3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the movement of less than 20 heads of poultry other than ratites moved in accordance with Article 37.",
  "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/2020/688/article/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:38.340952+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."
}