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Article 5 Requirements regarding containers in which kept terrestrial animals and hatching eggs are transported

United Kingdom

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1.

Operators, including transporters, shall ensure that containers in which kept terrestrial animals and hatching eggs are transported, with the exception of the containers for the terrestrial animals referred to in Article 6:

(a)

comply with the requirements in Article 4(a);

(b)

contain only animals or hatching eggs of the same species, category and type, and of the same health status;

(c)

are:

  1. (i)

    either unused and purpose-designed disposable containers to be destroyed after first use;

    or

  2. (ii)

    cleaned and disinfected after use and dried or allowed to dry before any subsequent use.

2.

In the case of poultry and hatching eggs, operators, including transporters, shall ensure that containers in which kept poultry and hatching eggs are transported in the means of transport bear the following indications:

(a)

for day-old chicks and hatching eggs:

  1. (i)

    the name of the Member State of origin;

  2. (ii)

    the approval or registration number of the establishment of origin;

  3. (iii)

    the species of poultry concerned;

  4. (iv)

    the number of animals or hatching eggs;

(b)

for breeding poultry and productive poultry, the approval or registration number of the establishment of origin.

3.

In the case of queen honeybees transported under derogation provided for in Article 49, operators, including transporters, shall ensure that containers or the entire consignment are covered with fine mesh of not more than 2 mm in pore size immediately after the visual examination for the health certification by the official veterinarian.

4.

In the case of bumble bees from environmentally isolated production establishments for bumble bees, operators, including transporters, shall ensure that they are isolated during the transport in separate epidemiological units with each colony in a closed container which was new or cleaned and disinfected before use.