Annex III QUARANTINE

Quarantine is the means by which live animals or plants and any of their associated organisms are maintained in complete isolation from the surrounding environment so as to prevent impact on wild and farmed species and undesirable changes to natural ecosystems.

It is necessary to keep alien or locally absent species in quarantine long enough to detect all non-target species and to confirm the absence of pathogens or diseases. The unit is to be constructed in accordance with the specifications of the competent authority F1... which is to be responsible for approving it. The duration of quarantine must be indicated in the permit. F2If the quarantine facility is not located in the constituent GB territory into which the alien species is to be introduced or the locally absent species is to be translocated (“the receiving constituent GB territory”), the advisory committee responsible for the quarantine facility and the advisory committee in the receiving constituent GB territory must agree on the duration.

Operators are to run quarantine facilities in accordance with the following conditions. In addition the operator must have a quality assurance programme and an operating manual.

For the purpose of this Annex where an application refers to a proposed translocation, the terms introduction/introduced are to be replaced by translocation/translocated.