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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSTable A1.71: Alternative housing systems for laying hens 1990-2002Alternative housing system 1992 2000 2002Number of producers:- Barn 765 648 585- Free range (Free range and semi-intensive) 107 365 380- Organic n.a. n.a. 70Number of hen places (‘000):- Barn 3,754 4,870 4,994- Free range (Free range and semi-intensive) 230 3,730 4,579- Organic n.a. n.a. 250Average number of hen places per producer:- Barn 4,907 7,515 8,537- Free range (Free range and semi-intensive) 2,150 10,219 12,050- Organic n.a. n.a. 3,570Notes:Barn includes perchery and deep litter barn systems.1992 barn figures include free range and semi-intensive data.Free range data for 1992 is from 1995.Source: PVE-publication: Vee, vlees en eieren in cijfers, various years.The evolution of laying hen numbers according to production system using data from DG Agri andEurostat is presented in Figure A1.58. This shows the general downward trend in caged hennumbers and the general upward trend, most pronounced in the free range system, in the use ofalternative systems.239

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