# 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), Article 36: Requirements for movements of day-old chicks

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

1. Operators shall only move day-old chicks to another Member State when the following requirements are fulfilled:
(a) the animals come from an approved hatchery;
(b) the animals have been hatched from hatching eggs which:
(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);
or
(ii) have entered into the Union from a third country or territory or zone thereof;
(c) the relevant requirements related to vaccination as provided for in Article 41 and 42 for the specific category of poultry.
2. 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.
3. 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/688/article/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-688/article-36
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