Article 140 The residency period of poultry

Consignments of fresh meat of poultry shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the fresh meat of the consignment has been obtained from poultry which:

1. (a)

   have been kept since hatching and until the date of slaughter in the third country or territory of origin of the fresh meat or zone thereof;

   or

2. (b)

   were imported as day-old chicks, breeding poultry, productive poultry or poultry intended for slaughter from a third country or territory or zone thereof which is listed for entry into the Union for those commodities or from a Member State and the import took place in accordance with animal health requirements at least as stringent as the relevant requirements of this Regulation.