Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464Show full title

ANNEX I RULES ON THE STOCKING DENSITY AND THE MINIMUM SURFACE FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AREAS FOR LIVESTOCK AS REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER II

Part I: Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor and outdoor areas for bovine animals, ovine animals, caprine animals and equine animals as referred to in Article 3

1. Bovine animals

	Indoor area (net area available to animals)		Outdoor area (exercise area, excluding pasture)
	Live weight minimum (kg)	m2/head	m2/head
	Up to 100	1,5	1,1
	Up to 200	2,5	1,9
	Up to 350	4,0	3
	Over 350	5 with a minimum of 1 m2/100 kg	3,7 with a minimum of 0,75 m2/100 kg
Dairy cows		6	4,5
Bulls for breeding		10	30

2. Ovine animals and caprine animals

	Indoor area (net area available to animals)	Outdoor area (exercise area, excluding pasture)
	m2/head	m2/head
Sheep	1,5	2,5
Lamb	0,35	0,5
Goat	1,5	2,5
Kid	0,35	0,5

3. Equine animals

	Indoor area (net area available to animals)		Outdoor area (exercise area, excluding pasture)
	Live weight minimum (kg)	m2/head [size of boxes according to height of horses]	m2/head
Breeding and fattening equine animals	Up to 100	1,5	1,1
	Up to 200	2,5	1,9
	Up to 350	4,0	3
	Over 350	5 with a minimum of 1 m2/100 kg	3,7 with a minimum of 0,75 m2/100 kg

Part II: Stocking density and minimum surface for outdoor areas for cervine animals as referred to in Article 6

a Two cervine animals up to 18 months count for one cervine animal.
Cervine animalsspecies	Minimum surface for outdoor area per enclosure or per pen	Stocking density maximum number of adult animals a per ha
Sika deer Cervus nippon	1 ha	15
Fallow deer Dama dama	1 ha	15
Red deer Cervus elaphus	2 ha	7
Père David’s deer Elaphurus davidianus	2 ha	7
More than one cervine species	3 ha	7 in case red deer or Père David’s deer are part of the herd; 15 in case neither red deer nor Père David’s deer are part of the herd

Part III: Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor and outdoor areas for porcine animals as referred to in Article 10

		Indoor area (net area available to porcine animals meaning inside dimensions including troughs but excluding feeders in which porcine animals cannot lie down)	Outdoor area
	Live weight minimum (kg)	m2/head	m2/head
Farrowing sows with piglets until weaning		7,5 per sow	2,5
Fattening porcine animals Weaners, rearing pigs, gilts, rearing boars	Not more than 35 kg	0,6	0,4
	More than 35 kg but not more than 50 kg	0,8	0,6
	More than 50 kg but not more than 85 kg	1,1	0,8
	More than 85 kg but not more than 110 kg	1,3	1
	More than 110 kg	1,5	1,2
Female brood porcine animal Dry pregnant sows		2,5	1,9
Male brood porcine animal Boar		6 10 if pens are used for natural service	8

Part IV: Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor and outdoor areas for poultry as referred to in Article 14 and Article 15(2)(c) and (6) and perches or raised sitting levels as referred to in Article 15(5)

1. Parents Gallus gallus intended for the production of hatching eggs for future laying hens and parents Gallus gallus intended for the production of hatching eggs for future fattening Gallus gallus:

Age	≥ 18 weeks
Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor area Maximum number of breeding birds per m2 of usable area of the indoor area of the poultry house	6
Perches for breeding birds for future laying hens Minimum cm perch/bird	18
Nests	7 female birds per nest or in case of common nest 120 cm2/female bird
Stocking density and minimum surface for outdoor area Minimum m2 per bird of the outdoor area	4

2. Pullets and brother roosters:

Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor area Stocking density per m2 of usable area of the indoor area of the poultry house	21 kg liveweight/m2
Perches or raised sitting levels or both	Any combination of perches or raised sitting levels or both providing minimum 10 cm perch/bird or minimum 100 cm2 raised sitting level/bird
Stocking density and minimum surface for outdoor area Minimum m2 per bird of the outdoor area	1

3. Laying hens including dual purpose strains raised for meat and egg production:

Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor area Maximum number of birds per m2 of usable area of the indoor area of the poultry house	6
Perches Minimum cm perch/bird	18
Nests	7 laying hens per nest or in case of common nest 120 cm2/laying hen
Stocking density and minimum surface for outdoor area Minimum m2 per bird of the outdoor area	4

4. Fattening poultry Gallus gallus:

Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor area Stocking density per m2 of usable area of the indoor area of the poultry house	21 kg liveweight/m2
Perches or raised sitting levels or both	Any combination of perches or raised sitting levels or both providing minimum 5 cm perch/bird or minimum 25 cm2 raised sitting level/bird
Stocking density and minimum surface for outdoor area for fixed houses Minimum m2 per bird of the outdoor area	4
Stocking density and minimum surface for outdoor area for mobile houses Minimum m2 per bird of the outdoor area	2,5

5. Fattening poultry Gallus gallus: capons and poulardes:

Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor area Stocking density per m2 of usable area of the indoor area of the poultry house	21 kg liveweight/m2
Perches or raised sitting levels or both	Any combination of perches or raised sitting levels or both providing minimum 5 cm perch/bird or minimum 25 cm2 raised sitting level/bird
Stocking density and minimum surface for outdoor area Minimum m2 per bird of the outdoor area	4

6. Fattening poultry other than Gallus gallus: Turkeys Meleagris gallopavo marketed whole for roasting or intended for cutting up:

Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor area Stocking density per m2 of usable area of the indoor area of the poultry house	21 kg liveweight/m2
Perches or raised sitting levels or both	Any combination of perches or raised sitting levels or both providing minimum 10 cm perch/bird or minimum 100 cm2 raised sitting level/bird
Stocking density and minimum surface for outdoor area Minimum m2 per bird of the outdoor area	10

7. Fattening poultry other than Gallus gallus: Geese Anser anser domesticus:

Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor area Stocking density per m2 of usable area of the indoor area of the poultry house	21 kg liveweight/m2
Stocking density and minimum surface for outdoor area Minimum m2 per bird of the outdoor area	15

8. Fattening poultry other than Gallus gallus: Peking Ducks Anas platyrhynchos domesticus, Muscovy Ducks Cairina moschata and hybrids and Mulard Ducks Cairina moschata × Anas platyrhynchos:

Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor area Stocking density per m2 of usable area of the indoor area of the poultry house	21 kg liveweight/m2
Stocking density and minimum surface for outdoor area Minimum m2 per bird of the outdoor area	4,5

9. Fattening poultry other than Gallus gallus: Guinea fowls Numida meleagris f. domestica:

Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor area Stocking density per m2 of usable area of the indoor area of the poultry house.	21 kg liveweight/m2
Perches or raised sitting levels or both	Any combination of perches or raised sitting levels or both providing minimum 5 cm perch/bird or minimum 25 cm2 raised sitting level/bird
Stocking density and minimum surface for outdoor area Minimum m2/bird of the outdoor area	4

Part V: Stocking density and minimum surface for indoor and outdoor areas for rabbits as referred to in Article 18

1. For indoor area

	Indoor area (net area usable per animal excluding platforms m2/head) for the rest area Fixed housing	Indoor area (net area usable per animal excluding platforms m2/head) for the rest area Mobile housing
Nursing does with kits until weaning	0,6 m2/doe with kits if doe liveweight is below 6 kg 0,72 m2/doe with kits if doe liveweight is above 6 kg	0,6 m2/doe with kits if doe liveweight is below 6 kg 0,72 m2/doe with kits if doe liveweight is above 6 kg
Pregnant does and reproductive female rabbits	0,5 m2/pregnant doe or reproductive female if liveweight is below 6 kg 0,62 m2/pregnant doe or reproductive female if liveweight is above 6 kg	0,5 m2/pregnant doe or reproductive female if liveweight is below 6 kg 0,62 m2/pregnant doe or reproductive female if liveweight is above 6 kg
Fattening rabbits from weaning to slaughter Replacement rabbits (end of fattening to 6 months)	0,2	0,15
Adult bucks	0,6 1 if buck receiving does for mating	0,6 1 if buck receiving does for mating

2. For outdoor area

	Outdoor area (outdoor run with vegetation preferably pasture) (net area usable per animal excluding platforms m2/head) Fixed housing	Outdoor area (net area usable per animal excluding platforms m2/head) Mobile housing
Nursing does with kits until weaning	2,5 m2/doe with kits	2,5 m2/doe with kits
Pregnant does/Reproductive females	2,5	2,5
Fattening rabbits from weaning to slaughter Replacement rabbits (end of fattening to 6 months)	0,5	0,4
Adult bucks	2,5	2,5