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Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 ANNEX III

Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 ANNEX III

Minimum surface areas indoors and outdoors and other characteristics of housing in the different species and types of production referred to in Article 10(4)

ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions

ANNEX III Minimum surface areas indoors and outdoors and other characteristics of housing in the different species and types of production referred to in Article 10(4) 1.   Bovines, equidae, ovine, caprine and porcine   Indoors area (net area available to animals) Outdoors area (exercise area, excluding pasturage)   Live weight minimum (kg) M 2 /head M 2 /head Breeding and fattening bovine and equidae 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 m 2 /100 kg 3,7 with a minimum of 0,75  m 2 /100 kg Dairy cows   6 4,5 Bulls for breeding   10 30 Sheep and goats   1,5  sheep/goat 2,5   0,35  lamb/kid 0,5 Farrowing sows with piglets up to 40 days   7,5  sow 2,5 Fattening pigs up to 50 0,8 0,6 up to 85 1,1 0,8 up to 110 1,3 1 Piglets over 40 days and up to 30 kg 0,6 0,4 Brood pigs   2,5 female 1,9   6 male If pens are used for natural service: 10 m 2 /boar 8,0 2.   Poultry   Indoors area (net area available to animals) Outdoors area (m 2 of area available in rotation/head)   No animals/m 2 cm perch/animal nest Laying hens 6 18 7 laying hens per nest or in case of common nest 120 cm 2 /bird 4, provided that the limit of 170 kg of N/ha/year is not exceeded Fattening poultry (in fixed housing) 10 with a maximum of 21 kg liveweight/m 2 20 (for guinea fowl only)   4 broilers and guinea fowl 4,5 ducks 10 turkey 15 geese In all the species mentioned above the limit of 170 kg of N/ha/year is not exceeded Fattening poultry in mobile housing 16  ( 1 ) in mobile poultry houses with a maximum of 30 kg liveweight/m 2     2,5 , provided that the limit of 170 kg of N/ha/year is not exceeded ( 1 )   Only in the case of mobile houses not exceeding 150 m 2 floor space.

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