S.L. 437.103 Art. 26Conditionsrelating to imports of slaughterpoultryin the Community.

On arrival in Malta, being the Member State of destination, slaughter poultry shall be taken directly to a slaughterhouse for slaughter as soon as possible. Without prejudice to any special conditions which may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in the definition "Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health" as provided under rule 2(2), the competent authority may, on animal-health grounds, designate the slaughterhouse to which the poultry shall be conveyed.