Pigs shall be placed in groups as soon as possible after weaning. They shall be kept in stable groups with as little mixing as possible.

All accommodation newly built or rebuilt or brought into use for the first time on or after 1st January 1994 shall comply with at least the following requirements:

The unobstructed floor area available to each weaner or rearing pig reared in a group must be at least:

• 0.15 square metres for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is 10 kg or less,

• 0.20 square metres for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is more than 10 kg but less than or equal to 20 kg,

• 0.30 square metres for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is more than 20 kg but less than or equal to 30 kg,

• 0.40 square metres for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is more than 30 kg but less than or equal to 50 kg,

• 0.55 square metres for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is more than 50 kg but less than or equal to 85 kg,

• 0.65 square metres for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is more than 85 kg but less than or equal to 110 kg,

• 1.00 square metre for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is more than 110 kg.

From 1st January 1998 the minimum standards provided for in the preceding paragraph shall apply to all accommodation.