CHAPTER IIPOULTRY, HATCHING EGGS AND DAY-OLD CHICKS
SECTION 2Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites and hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites
Article 9Requirements for i mports
1.
Imported breeding and productive poultry other than ratites and hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites may only come from establishments which have been approved by the competent authority of the third country concerned in accordance with conditions that are at least as strict as those laid down in Annex II to Directive 90/539/EEC and where such approval has not been suspended or withdrawn.
2.
Where breeding and productive poultry other than ratites and hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites and/or their flocks of origin are to undergo testing to meet the requirements of the relevant veterinary certificates laid down in this Decision, sampling for testing and the testing itself must be carried out in accordance with the methods referred to in Part 4(A) of Annex I.
3.
Imported hatching eggs shall bear the name of the third country of origin and one of the printed indications set out in Annex III in type at least 3 mm high.
4.
Each package of hatching eggs as referred to in paragraph 3 shall contain only eggs of a single species, category and type of poultry from the same third country of origin and consignor, and shall bear at least the following particulars:
(a)
the information shown on the eggs as provided for in paragraph 3;
(b)
the species of poultry from which the eggs come;
(c)
the consignor's name or business name and address.
5.
Each box of imported day-old chicks shall contain only a single species, category and type of poultry from the same third country of origin, hatchery and consignor and shall bear at least the following particulars:
(a)
the name of the third country of origin;
(b)
the species of poultry to which the day-old chicks belong;
(c)
the distinguishing number of the hatchery;
(d)
the consignor's name or business name and address.
Article 10Requirements after import
1.
Imported breeding and productive poultry other than ratites and day-old chicks other than of ratites shall be kept on the holding(s) of destination from their date of arrival:
(a)
for a period of at least six weeks; or
(b)
where the birds are slaughtered before the expiry of the period referred to in (a), until the day of slaughter.
However, the period provided for in (a) may be reduced to three weeks, provided that sampling and testing in accordance with the procedures set out in Part 4(B) of Annex I have been carried out with favourable results.
2.
Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept for at least three weeks from the date of hatching in the hatchery or on the holding(s) to which the poultry has been sent after hatching.
Where day-old chicks are not reared in the Member State which imported the hatching eggs, they shall be transported directly to the final destination specified in point 9.2 of the health certificate Model 2 in Annex IV to Directive 90/539/EEC and kept there for at least three weeks from the date of hatching.
3.
During the relevant period as provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2, imported breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks and breeding and productive poultry other than ratites hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept in isolation in poultry houses where no other flocks are present.
However, they may be introduced into poultry houses where breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks are already present.
In that case, the periods referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall start running from the date of introduction of the last imported bird and no poultry present shall be moved from the housing before the end of those periods.
4.
Imported hatching eggs shall be hatched in separate incubators and hatchers.
However, imported hatching eggs may be introduced into incubators and hatchers where other hatching eggs are already present.
In that case, the periods referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall start running from the date of introduction of the last imported hatching egg.
5.
No later than the date of expiry of the relevant period as provided for in paragraph 1 or 2, imported breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks shall undergo a clinical examination carried out by an authorised veterinarian and, where necessary, samples shall be taken to monitor their state of health.