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PART II U.K. TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS

CHAPTER II U.K. Disease control measures for category A diseases of kept terrestrial animals in the restricted zones

Section 3 U.K. Disease control measures in the surveillance zone

Article 46 U.K.Specific conditions for authorising certain movements of poultry from establishments located in the surveillance zone

1. The competent authority may authorise movements of day-old chicks originating in the surveillance zone:

(a) to establishments in the same Member State where they were hatched from eggs originating from establishments within the surveillance zone, if:

(i)

the establishment of destination is placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the animals; and

(ii)

if moved outside the restricted zone, the animals remain in the establishments of destination for at least 21 days;

(b) to establishments in the same Member State where they were hatched from eggs originating outside the restricted zone, if the hatchery of dispatch can ensure that no contact has occurred between those eggs and any other hatching eggs or day-old chicks obtained from animals kept within the restricted zone.

2. The competent authority may authorise movements of ready-to-lay poultry from establishments in the surveillance zone to establishments in the same Member State, if:

(a) in the establishment of destination there is no other kept animal of listed species;

(b) the establishment of destination is placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the ready-to-lay poultry; and

(c) the poultry remain on the establishment of destination for at least 21 days.