Regulation on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and import from third countries of poultry, day old chicks and hatching eggs.

This Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food lays down animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and import from third countries of poultry, day old chicks and hatching eggs. These provisions do not apply to specific activities such as exhibitions, performances and competitions. Implementation and monitoring of this Regulation is carried out by the Veterinary Administration of the Republic of Slovenia. Consignments of hatching eggs, day old chicks, breeding and productive poultry must come from an establishment that meets the following conditions: (1) the plant is registered in the Veterinary Administration of the Republic of Slovenia and entered in the list of approved establishments of the European Commission; (2) the plant is a subject to no restrictions on animal health conditions; (3) the consignment showed no clinical signs of disease specific to poultry; (4) the plant is not located in the protection zone. Poultry and hatching eggs may come from third countries which are included in the list of the European Commission. This list is updated by the European Commission and varies depending on the health status of poultry in each third country. This Regulation is composed of 31 articles divided into the following Sections: General provisions (Sec. 1); Conditions of intra-Community trade in (Sec. 2); Conditions of import from third countries (Sec. 3).