Preventive measures for the means of transport and the containers of hatching eggs
Article 102
Consignments of hatching eggs shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the germinal products of the consignment comply with the following requirements: (a) the hatching eggs must have been transported in vehicles which: (i) are constructed in such a way that hatching eggs cannot fall out; (ii) have been designed to allow cleaning and disinfection; (iii) have been cleaned and disinfected with a disinfectant authorised by the competent authority of the third country or territory of origin, and dried or allowed to dry immediately before every loading of hatching eggs intented for entry into the Union; (b) the hatching eggs must have been transported in containers which comply with the following requirements: (i) the requirements of point (a); (ii) they contain only hatching eggs of the same species, category and type which come from the same establishment; (iii) they were closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority of the third country or territory of origin to avoid any possibility of substitution of the content; (iv) they were: — cleaned and disinfected before loading in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority of the third country or territory of origin, or — they are disposable, clean and used for the first time; (v) they bear the information for the particular species and category of hatching eggs set out in Annex XVI.