Specific preventive measures for the containers in which poultry are transported
Article 41
Consignments of poultry shall only be permitted to enter into the Union if such consignments have been transported in containers which, in addition to the requirements of Article 18, comply with the following requirements: (a) they are closed in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority of the third country or territory of origin in order to avoid any possibility of substitution of the contents; (b) they bear the information for the particular species and category of poultry set out in Annex XVI; (c) in the case of day-old chicks, they are disposable, clean and used for the first time.