1.By way of derogation from Section 3 of Chapter II of this Regulation, holdings or production units with porcine animals in facilities built, refurbished or brought into use before the date of entry into application of this Regulation in compliance with Regulations (EC) No 834/2007 and (EC) No 889/2008 and for which major reconstruction of external facilities is necessary to comply with the requirement on at least half of the surface of the outdoor area consisting of solid construction as laid down in Article 11 of this Regulation, shall comply with that Article [F1as from 1 January 2030 at the latest].
2.By way of derogation from Section 4 of Chapter II of this Regulation, holdings or production units with poultry houses that were built, refurbished or brought into use before the date of entry into application of this Regulation in compliance with Regulations (EC) No 834/2007 and (EC) No 889/2008 and for which a renovation of the animals’ premises is necessary to comply with the requirement on the combined length for pop-holes from the indoor house to the veranda laid down in point (b) of Article 15(2) of this Regulation, shall comply with that point [F1as from 1 January 2025 at the latest].
3.By way of derogation from Section 4 of Chapter II of this Regulation, holdings or production units with poultry houses with an outdoor part of the building that were built, refurbished or brought into use before the date of entry into application of this Regulation in compliance with Regulations (EC) No 834/2007 and (EC) No 889/2008 and for which a major reduction of the indoor stocking density or the renovation of the buildings is needed to comply with the requirements on the calculation of the stocking density and the minimum indoor areas as set out in Part IV of Annex I to this Regulation while complying with point (c) of Article 15(2), shall comply with those provisions [F1as from 1 January 2025 at the latest].
4.By way of derogation from Section 4 of Chapter II of this Regulation, holdings or production units with poultry houses that were built, refurbished or brought into use before the date of entry into application of this Regulation in compliance with Regulations (EC) No 834/2007 and (EC) No 889/2008 and for which a renovation of animals’ premises or a replacement of the equipment is necessary to comply with the requirements on solid partition laid down in point (c) of Article 15(3) or with the requirement on perches or raised sitting levels laid down in Article 15(5) of this Regulation, shall comply with those provisions [F1as from 1 January 2025 at the latest].
5.By way of derogation from Section 4 of Chapter II of this Regulation, holdings or production units with multi-tiered poultry houses that were built, refurbished or brought into use before the date of entry into application of this Regulation in compliance with Regulations (EC) No 834/2007 and (EC) No 889/2008 and for which a major refurbishment of animals’ premises or a replacement of the equipment are necessary to comply with the requirements on the maximum number of tiers and on the system for manure removal laid down respectively in points (b) and (c) of Article 15(4) of this Regulation, shall comply with those points [F1as from 1 January 2030 at the latest].
6.By way of derogation from Section 4 of Chapter II of this Regulation, holdings or production units with poultry houses that have open air areas extending beyond a radius of 150 m from the nearest exit/entry pop-hole of the poultry house built, refurbished or brought into use before the date of entry into application of this Regulation in compliance with Regulations (EC) No 834/2007 and (EC) No 889/2008 and for which major adaptations of the structure of the facilities or additional land acquisition are necessary to comply with the requirement on the maximum radius laid down in Article 16(6) of this Regulation, shall comply with that provision [F1as from 1 January 2030 at the latest].
7.By way of derogation from Section 2 of Part IV of Annex I to this Regulation, for holdings or production units producing pullets in poultry facilities built, refurbished or brought into use before the date of entry into application of this Regulation in compliance with Regulations (EC) No 834/2007 and (EC) No 889/2008 and for which major adaptations of the structure of the poultry houses or additional land acquisition are necessary to comply with the rules of Section 2 of Part IV of Annex I to this Regulation, shall comply with the stocking density and the minimum surface of indoor and outdoor areas for pullets and brother roosters laid down in Section 2 of Part IV of Annex I to this Regulation [F1as from 1 January 2030 at the latest].
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2042 of 11 December 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 as regards its date of application and certain other dates that are relevant for the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council on organic production (Text with EEA relevance).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
[F1It shall apply from 1 January 2022 .]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2042 of 11 December 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 as regards its date of application and certain other dates that are relevant for the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council on organic production (Text with EEA relevance).