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Laying Hens Industries Register Act.

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Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
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Abstract
The present Act implements the Council Directive 1999/74/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens. In particular, its purpose is to regulate the registration of industries keeping laying hens with a view to the grading of eggs. The text consists of 13 articles as follows: Sphere of application (1); Definition of terms (2); Admission of industries, registration (3); Identification number (4); Keeping of register, transmission of data, cancellation of data (5); Marketing of eggs (6); Surveillance, competent authorities (7); Empowerment to issue regulations (8); Export (9); Penalties (10); Collection (11), Transitional provisions (12), Entry into force (13).
Long title of text
Act on registration of industries keeping laying hens.
Notes
The present Act is consolidated as of 28 July 2014.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Gesetz über die Registrierung von Betrieben zur Haltung von Legehennen (Legehennenbetriebsregistergesetz).