PART IIMOVEMENTS WITHIN THE UNION OF KEPT TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS AND HATCHING EGGS

CHAPTER 3 Supplementary animal health requirements for movements of poultry and hatching eggs to other Member States

Section 2 Hatching eggs of poultry

Article 39Derogation for movements of less than 20 hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites

By way of derogation from the requirements set out in Article 38, operators may move less than 20 hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites to another Member State when those eggs fulfil the following requirements:

  1. (a)

    they come from a registered establishment;

  2. (b)

    they come from flocks which:

    1. (i)

      have been continuously resident in a registered establishment since hatching, or for at least 21 days prior to the collection of the eggs;

    2. (ii)

      show no clinical signs or suspicion of listed diseases relevant for the species;

    3. (iii)

      have been subjected to tests for infection with Salmonella Pullorum, S. Gallinarum and S. arizonae and for avian mycoplasmosis (Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. meleagridis) in accordance with Annex V, with negative results;

  3. (c)

    the relevant requirements related to vaccination as provided for in Article 41 and 42.