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Décret n° 2022-137 du 5 février 2022 relatif à l’interdiction de mise à mort des poussins des lignées de l’espèce Gallus gallus destinées à la production d’œufs de consommation et à la protection des animaux dans le cadre de leur mise à mort en dehors des établissements d’abattage

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Document type : French government decree n° 2022-137 NOR : AGRG2136495D published in the Journal officiel de la République française

Authors: Jean Castex, Julien Demormandie, Olivier Véran

Preview: Persons concerned: incubators of eggs from hens of the Gallus gallus species intended for egg production; persons involved in activities involving the killing of animals for purposes other than human consumption, of animals bred or kept for the production of animal feeds, wool, leather and skins, fur or other products.
Purpose: to regulate the killing of animals produced in hatcheries, and in places other than abattoirs.
Entry into force: the document enters into force on the day following its publication. Hatcheries in operation on the date of publication of the decree have until 31 December 2022 to put procedures in place that take account of the prohibition provided for in II of Article R. 214-17 of the Code Rural et de la Pêche Maritime in the version resulting from the decree.
Notice: the decree prohibits the practice in hatcheries of killing male chicks of the Gallus gallus species intended for the production of eggs for consumption and adapts the provisions of the Code Rural et de la Pêche Maritime to accord with the provisions of EU law on the protection of animals when they are killed outside an abattoir. Last it introduces a fine to punish violations of the provisions of II of Article R. 214-17 of the Code Rural et de la Pêche Maritime.
References: the decree is issued to apply Article L. 214-3 of the Code Rural et de la Pêche Maritime. The version of the Code Rural et de la Pêche Maritime amended by the decree can be consulted on the Legifrance website (https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr).

Decree discussed in:
- an article on the site of FranceTVInfo on February 6, 2022 : Fin du broyage des poussins : «·Ça pose un problème de compétitivité·», selon le vice-président de la FNSEA
- an article in Le Monde on February 6, 2022 : Le broyage des poussins mâles désormais interdit dans la filière des poules pondeuses
- a news item on the website of the Animal Welfare Chair on February 7, 2022: Fin de la mise à mort des poussins mâles dans la filière poules pondeuses