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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS TO KEEP LAYING HENSTable A1.28: France: Evolution of laying hen numbers by system 1990-2002Notes:Free range Semi-intensive Deep litter Perchery Caged Total layinghens1990 786,181 335,960 84,200 60,893,659 62,100,0001991 135,974 923,640 420,234 88,130 63,132,022 64,700,0001992 3,000 781,257 152,800 190,430 63,272,513 64,400,0001993 750,000 120,000 66,830,000 67,700,0001994 681,302 1,003,591 112,241 99,830 64,603,036 66,500,0001995 621,506 2,028,056 103,197 18,000 63,629,241 66,400,0001996 1,100,000 1,700,000 60,900,000 63,700,0001997 1,150,000 2,000,000 47,960,204 51,110,2041998 1,180,000 1,370,000 8,914 79,680 49,278,353 51,916,9471999 1,270,000 1,889,460 248,282 590,090 50,601,389 54,599,2<strong>2120</strong>00 1,482,000 2,112,000 450,000 590,080 48,846,907 53,480,9872001 2,109,806 3,047,661 1,309,370 635,960 48,297,203 55,393,0002002 5,809,336 2,000,000 53,560,000 61,369,336The figures represent hen house capacity 1999 and 2000 total hen numbers are DG Agri estimates, 2001and 2002 are <strong>Agra</strong> <strong>CEAS</strong> <strong>Consulting</strong> estimates whichassume ‘label rouge’ and ‘plein air’ are combined to equate to free range. Deep litter is combined with perchery.Sources: DG Agri, <strong>Agra</strong> <strong>CEAS</strong> <strong>Consulting</strong>.The evolution of the different systems since 1990 is presented in Figure A1.26 below and shows thatafter some growth in traditional cage capacity in the early 1990s there was then a decline and thenumbers held in this system have been relatively stable since 1997. By contrast production inalternative systems, notably free range systems, has been rising steadily.168

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