{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-692/article-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-692/article-42.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": "article/42",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Entry of poultry into Member States with status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination",
  "text": "1. Consignments of breeding poultry and productive poultry intended for a Member State with status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination shall only be permitted to enter into the Union if the animals of the consignment comply with the following requirements:\n(a) they have not been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus;\n(b) they have been kept in isolation during a period of at least 14 days prior to the date of loading of the consignment for dispatch to the Union in the establishment of origin or quarantine establishment under the supervision of an official veterinarian, where:\n(i) no poultry has been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus during a period of at least 21 days prior to the date of loading of the consignment;\n(ii) no bird which does not form part of the consignment has entered into the establishment during period referred to in point (i);\n(iii) no vaccination has been carried out;\n(c) they have tested negative, during the period of at least 14 days prior to the date of loading for dispatch to the Union, to serological tests to detect antibodies against Newcastle disease virus, performed on blood samples at a level which gives 95 % confidence of detecting infection at 5 % prevalence.\n2. Consignments of poultry intended for slaughter intended for a Member State with status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination, shall only be permitted to enter into the Union if the animals of the consignment come from flocks which:\n(a) have not been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus and have tested negative, during a period of at least 14 days prior to the date of loading of the consignment for dispatch to the Union, to serological tests to detect antibodies against Newcastle disease virus performed on blood samples at a level which gives 95 % confidence of detecting infection at 5 % prevalence;\nor\n(b) have been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus but not with a live vaccine during the period of at least 30 days prior to the date of loading of the consignment for dispatch to the Union and underwent a virus isolation test for infection with Newcastle disease virus in the 14 days prior to that date on a random sample of cloacal swabs or faeces samples taken from at least 60 birds and tested negative.\n3. Consignments of day-old chicks intended for a Member State with status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination shall only be permitted to enter into the Union if the animals of the consignment:\n(a) have not been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus;\n(b) come from hatching eggs coming from flocks which comply with one of the following:\n(i) they have not been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus;\nor\n(ii) they have been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus using an inactivated vaccine;\nor\n(iii) they have been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus using a live vaccine at the latest 60 days prior to the date the eggs were collected;\n(c) come from a hatchery where working practices ensure that the eggs of day-old chicks intended for entry into the Union are incubated at completely separate times and locations from eggs not satisfying the requirements laid down in point (b).",
  "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/article/42",
    "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."
}