S.L. 437.103 Art. 6Conditionsrelating to trade in poultry and poultry products.

(1) Hatching eggs, day-old chicks, breeding poultry and productive poultry shall come from:

(a) establishments which fulfill the following requirements:

(i) they shall be approved and given a distinguishing number by the competent authority, in accordance with the rules set out in Chapter I of Schedule II;

(ii) they shall not, at the time of consignment, be the subject of any animal health restrictions applicable to poultry;

(iii) they shall not be located in an infected area; and

(b) a flock which, at the time of consignment, presents no clinical sign or suspicion of disease.

(2) The competent autorithy shall draw up and keep up to date a list of establishments approved in accordance with sub-rule (1)(a)(i), and their distinguishing numbers, and shall make it available to the other Member States and to the public. Detailed rules for the uniform application of this article 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).