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vanessa
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Location: Correze
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| So, the information at the Dover ferry port is inaccurate! GREAT!! |
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chook-in-eire
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| vanessa wrote: | | So, the information at the Dover ferry port is inaccurate! GREAT!! |
No, it's not. Of course any special regulations re bird flu supersede the general legislation.
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Woodburner
Joined: 26 Jul 2007
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Location: Deepest Essex, well, a village...
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Chook, not sure what your definition of ok is  Maybe it's my interpretation but it seems you need a certificate for any number of eggs?
Typical DEFRA lack of clarity: in the caption it says ". . . fewer than 20 hatching eggs . . ." but in the text it says ". . . fewer than 20 poultry (not including eggs . . ."  (I need a smiley that looks even more confused than that  ) |
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chook-in-eire
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Confusing alright. The bracket reads "not including eggs or chicks of ratites". The health certificate is required for "poultry". In the section above (>20) the health certificate is specifically mentioned in relation to hatching eggs, so my interpretation would be that for <20 hatching eggs a health certificate is not required, provided of course all other conditions are satisfied. However, I'm not a legal eagle.
All I can say is, he who asketh a lot of question, geteth a lot of answers  |
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stephen
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My reading of it is the same. The subclauses are for poultry, not eggs. So the requirements are up to v not vi:
| Quote: | 12. In general, Council Directive 90/539/EEC requires that consignments of fewer than 20 poultry (not including eggs or chicks of ratites), must at the time of consignment, have come from flocks which:
i. have been held in the EU Community since hatching or for at least 3 months;
ii. present no clinical signs of contagious poultry disease at the time of consignment;
iii. satisfy the vaccination conditions of Annex III of 90/539/EEC (if they are vaccinated);
iv. are not the subject of any animal health restrictions applicable to poultry;
v. are not located within an area which for animal health reasons is subject to restrictive measures in accordance with Community legislation as a result of an outbreak of diease to which poultry is susceptible. |
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Timbo
Joined: 03 Mar 2006
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Location: Cranfield, Beds.
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| Oh well, I'm taking 30 duck and chicken eggs to France tomorrow night... to Charente = even though I'm sure the eggs there are just as yummy! I will keep my eyes open for signs. I hope it's 20 eggs per person |
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newby
Joined: 11 Feb 2008
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Location: Dordogne
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| So how, bearing in mind the X-rays do we go about getting eggs brought over. They insist on x-raying everything as you come through. |
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stephen
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Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden.
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| Timbo wrote: | | I hope it's 20 eggs per person |
I hope so, too. It should be. Most quotas are personal rather per group or car.
And if you are taking them with you, surely they are just for cooking? |
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Timbo
Joined: 03 Mar 2006
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Location: Cranfield, Beds.
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Mine are for eating - but they are in the cool box in the back of the car as I'm on the ferry from Portsmouth to St Malo, then heading down to Saintes in Charente. I know of a few people who travel down to that area at various times during the year by car so if ever I can be of use in getting some hatching eggs down there for anyone, please ask. Of course the house sitter has some jobs to do while I'm away....including looking after 20 Copper Black Maran eggs in the incubator which should be ready a few days after I get back!  |
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