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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS TO KEEP LAYING HENSunknown27%free range19%barn8%organic6%cage40%Figure A1.35: Egg demand of German households by type of production system, Januaryand February 2004Source: ZMP 2004.A1.6.5.4. Demand and supply elasticitiesWhilst there is no research on the elasticity of demand for eggs, the German industry considers eggsto be a staple product and therefore relatively inelastic.A1.6.6. The impact of Directive 1999/74/ECA1.6.6.1. Implementation to dateGermany has implemented EC Directive 99/74 in full and has imposed more stringent conditions onGerman producers via national legislation 85 . Under this legislation there will be a ban on traditionalbattery cages as of 1 January 2007 and a ban on the usage of all types of cages, including enrichedcages, from 1 January 2012. The ban on the construction of traditional cages was introduced on 6July 1999.The German national legislation is currently the subject of extensive debate. A recent three year longgovernment commissioned study 86 based on six pilot enterprises using various types of enriched85 Notably via the ‘Erste Verordnung zur Aenderung der Tierschutznutztierhaltungsverordung of 28 February 2002’ BGB Part 1 of 12March 2002.86 ‘Modellvorhaben Ausgestaltete Käfige, Die ökonomischen Auswirkungen der Praxiserprobung von ausgestalteten Käfigen für dieLegehennenhaltung in sechs deutschen Pilotbetrieben’, Peter Hinrichs and Anke Redantz, Institut für Betriebswirtschaft, derBundesforschungsanstalt für Betriebswirtschaft (FAL), Braunschweig, 2004.189

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