{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-692/annex-XVIII/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-692/annex-XVIII/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/692",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 of 30 January 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for entry into the Union, and the movement and handling after entry of consignments of certain animals, germinal products and products of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-692",
  "path": "annex/XVIII/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "The official veterinarian shall take samples for virological examination from breeding poultry other than ratites, productive poultry other than ratites and day-old chicks other than ratites which have entered into the Union from a third country or territory or zone thereof. The samples must be collected as follows:",
  "text": "(a) between the seventh and the fifteenth day following the date when the animals were placed in the establishments of destination in the Union, cloacal swabs must be taken at a level which gives a 95 % confidence of detecting infection at 5 % prevalence;\n(b) testing of samples must be carried out for:\n(i) highly pathogenic avian influenza;\n(ii) infection with Newcastle disease virus.",
  "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/2020/692/annex/XVIII/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:36.901874+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."
}