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Commission Directive 2002/4/EC of 30 January 2002 on the registration of establishments keeping laying hens, covered by Council Directive 1999/74/EC
Consolidated text: Commission Directive 2002/4/EC of 30 January 2002 on the registration of establishments keeping laying hens, covered by Council Directive 1999/74/EC
Commission Directive 2002/4/EC of 30 January 2002 on the registration of establishments keeping laying hens, covered by Council Directive 1999/74/EC
02002L0004 — EN — 01.01.2007 — 002.001
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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2002/4/EC of 30 January 2002 on the registration of establishments keeping laying hens, covered by Council Directive 1999/74/EC (OJ L 030 31.1.2002, p. 44) |
Amended by:
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L 362 |
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20.12.2006 |
Amended by:
L 236 |
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23.9.2003 |
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2002/4/EC
of 30 January 2002
on the registration of establishments keeping laying hens, covered by Council Directive 1999/74/EC
Article 1
Member States shall:
establish a system for registering every production site (hereafter: establishment) covered by the scope of Directive 1999/74/EC, allocating a distinguishing number to it, in conformity with the Annex to this Directive;
ensure that for each such establishment at least the information set out in point 1 of the Annex is supplied to the competent authority of the Member State, by a date determined by the Member State; this date shall be such as to allow sufficient time for registration of those establishments in accordance with point (c);
ensure that each establishment for which the required information is supplied by the date determined pursuant to point (b) is registered and allocated a distinguishing number by 31 May 2003.
Member States shall provide that, from 1 June 2003
no establishment for which the information required pursuant to paragraph 1(b) has not been supplied by the date determined there may continue to be used; and
no new establishment is brought into use prior to completion of registration and receipt of the distinguishing number.
Article 2
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions to comply with this Directive by 31 March 2003. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX
The definitions in Article 2 of Directive 1999/74/EC shall apply where necessary.
1. DATA REQUIRED FOR REGISTRATION
For each establishment at least the following data shall be registered:
2. DISTINGUISHING NUMBER
The distinguishing number shall be composed of a digit indicating the farming method determined in accordance with point 2.1 followed by the code of the Member State according to point 2.2 and an identification number defined by the Member State in which the establishment is located.
2.1. Code for the farming method
The farming methods as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 as amended used in the establishment shall be indicated by the following code:
1 |
Free range |
2 |
Barn |
3 |
Cages |
The farming method used in establishments producing under the conditions specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 shall be indicated by:
0 |
Organic production |
2.2. Code for the Member State of registration
AT |
Austria |
BE |
Belgium |
BG |
Bulgaria |
CY |
Cyprus |
CZ |
Czech Republic |
DE |
Germany |
DK |
Denmark |
EE |
Estonia |
EL |
Greece |
ES |
Spain |
FI |
Finland |
FR |
France |
HU |
Hungary |
IE |
Ireland |
IT |
Italy |
LT |
Lithuania |
LU |
Luxembourg |
LV |
Latvia |
MT |
Malta |
NL |
Netherlands |
PL |
Poland |
PT |
Portugal |
RO |
Romania |
SE |
Sweden |
SI |
Slovenia |
SK |
Slovakia |
UK |
United Kingdom. |
2.3. Identification of the establishment
Each Member State shall implement a system to attribute a unique number to each establishment to be registered, which may also be used for purposes other than for this Directive, provided that the identification of the establishment is ensured.
Member States can add further characters to the identification number, as for the identification of single flocks kept in separated buildings of an establishment.
( 1 ) OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 53.
( 2 ) OJ L 173, 6.7.1990, p. 5.
( 3 ) OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 121, 16.5.1991, p. 11.
( 5 ) OJ L 220, 15.8.2001, p. 5.
( 6 ) OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1.
( 7 ) OJ L 337, 20.12.2001, p. 9.