Obligations on operators as regards handling of hatching eggs following their entry into the Union and of poultry hatched from those hatching eggs
Article 112
1. Operators at the establishment of destination shall place hatching eggs of poultry which have entered into the Union from a third country or territory or zone thereof either in: (a) separate incubators, including separate hatchers, from other hatching eggs; or (b) incubators, including hatchers, where other hatching eggs are already present. 2. Operators, as referred to in paragraph 1, shall ensure that breeding poultry and productive poultry which have been hatched from hatching eggs referred to in that paragraph, are kept for a continuous period of time: (a) in the hatchery for a period of at least 3 weeks from the date of hatching; or (b) on the establishments to which the poultry has been sent after hatching, either in the same Member State or in another Member State, for a period of at least 3 weeks from the date of hatching. 3. During the periods provided for in paragraph 2, operators shall keep poultry, which have been hatched from hatching eggs that have entered into the Union, separate from other flocks of poultry. 4. Where breeding poultry and productive poultry, which have been hatched from hatching eggs that have entered into the Union from a third country or territory or zone thereof, were introduced into premises or enclosures where other poultry are present, the relevant periods provided for in paragraph 2 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last bird and no poultry shall be moved from the premises or enclosures before the end of those periods. 5. Where hatching eggs of poultry, which have entered into the Union from a third country or territory or zone thereof, were introduced in incubators, including hatchers, where other hatching eggs were already present: (a) the provisions of paragraphs 2 to 4 shall apply to all poultry hatched from the hatching eggs in the same incubator, including hatcher, as the hatching eggs which have entered into the Union from a third country or territory or zone thereof; (b) the relevant periods referred to in paragraph 2 shall commence from the date of hatching of the last hatching egg that has entered into the Union from a third country or territory or zone thereof.