# Commission Decision of 12 December 2008 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards requirements for quarantine of aquaculture animals (notified under document number C(2008) 7905) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/946/EC), Article 14: Examination, sampling, testing and diagnosis

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. To demonstrate the absence of the relevant listed disease(s), the examination, sampling, testing and diagnosis referred to in Annex II shall be carried out with negative results.
2. Sentinel aquaculture animals may be used for the examination, sampling, testing and diagnosis, except where species susceptible to infection with Marteilia refringens are quarantined.
3. The competent authority shall determine the number of sentinel aquaculture animals to be used, taking into account the number of aquaculture animals kept, the size of the quarantine unit, and the characteristics of the relevant listed disease(s) and species.
4. Sentinel aquaculture animals shall be:
(a) of species susceptible to the relevant listed disease(s) and, where possible and taking into account their living conditions, being at the most susceptible life stages;
(b) sourced from a a constituent GB territory, zone or compartment, or from a third country or part thereof declared free of the relevant listed disease(s);
(c) unvaccinated against the relevant listed disease(s);
(d) placed in the quarantine unit immediately before or upon arrival of the aquaculture animals to be quarantined and kept in contact with those animals and under the same zootechnical and environmental conditions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/946/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-946/article-14
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