The residency period
Article 98
Consignments of hatching eggs shall only be permitted to enter the Union if, immediately prior to the date of loading of the hatching eggs for dispatch to the Union the flock of origin of the hatching eggs has complied, for a continuous period of time, with the residency periods requirements set out in Annex XXII, and during that time the flock of origin has: (a) remained in the third country or territory of origin or zone thereof; (b) remained in the establishment of origin, and no animals have been introduced into that establishment during that period of time prior to loading; (c) had no contact with poultry or hatching eggs of a lower health status, or with captive birds or wild birds.