Article 11U.K.
1.In order to indicate types of farming with the exception of organic or biological farming, no other terms except those set out hereunder and the corresponding terms in the other Community languages listed in Annex IV may appear on the labelling within the meaning of Article 1(3)(a) of Directive 2000/13/EC, and in any case they may appear only if the relevant conditions specified in Annex V to this Regulation are fulfilled:
(a)‘Fed with … % …’;
(b)‘Extensive indoor’ (‘Barn-reared’);
(c)‘Free range’;
(d)‘Traditional free range’;
(e)‘Free range — total freedom’.
These terms may be supplemented by indications referring to the particular characteristics of the respective types of farming.
When free-range production (points (c), (d) and (e)) is indicated on the label for meat from ducks and geese kept for the production of foie gras, the term ‘from foie gras production’ shall also be indicated.
2.Mention of the age at slaughter or length of fattening period shall be permitted only when use is made of one of the terms referred to in paragraph 1 and for an age of not less than that indicated in Annex V(b), (c) or (d). However, this provision does not apply to animals covered by the fourth indent of point 1(a) of Article 1.
3.Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply without prejudice to national technical measures going beyond the minimum requirements given in Annex V, which are applicable only to producers of the Member State concerned, provided that they are compatible with Community law and are in conformity with the common marketing standards for poultrymeat.
4.The national measures referred to in paragraph 3 shall be communicated to the Commission.
5.At any time, and at the request of the Commission, Member States shall provide all the information necessary for assessing the compatibility of the measures referred to in this Article with Community law and their conformity with the common marketing standards for poultrymeat.