Poultry Chicks (Production and use of eggs for hatching) Law, 1999 (N. 88(I)/1999).

Aim of this Law is the regulation of production and use of eggs for hatching and poultry chicks. The Law is promoted for the harmonisation of Cypriot legislation with the corresponding legislation of the European Union. The basic provisions of this Law provide for: (a) the establishment of criteria for the possession, transport and use of hatching eggs and live poultry; (b) the way of operation of each production establishment, that is to say the granting of a distinguishing registration number to each farmyard, as well as the conditions for issuing operation licences for the hatcheries; (c) the marking of hatching eggs, aiming at the recognition of their origin and for their distinction from edible eggs; (d) the information of the European Union Commission on the establishments that operate within the national territory and for the number of produced (imported and exported) hatching eggs and poultry chicks; (e) the nomination of Inspectors and the establishment of their competences and powers; (f) the establishment as penal offences of certain actions that do not comply with the provisions of this Law.