Apply for approval of a quarantine station/closed facility

Work with quarantine pests may only be carried out in quarantine stations or closed facilities. You must apply to the competent authority for approval as a quarantine station or closed facility. You can find out more here.

Work with quarantine pests for plants or other regulated or prohibited materials may only be carried out in quarantine stations or closed facilities.

For an exemption permit to work with regulated quarantine pests and other phytosanitary regulated materials with an import and/or movement ban, the designation of a 'quarantine station' or 'closed facility' is a prerequisite for the permit.

Quarantine stations are designated at the sites of official facilities. Sites of non-official scientific institutions or companies can be designated as a 'closed facility' as a whole or in certain parts.

The approval of such sites can be granted for a limited period of time (e.g. for the duration of a project). The basis for the competent authority's approval decision is the application or the information provided therein or in the annexes attached to the application regarding compliance with the conditions prescribed by Article 61 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.

If a site is designated as a "quarantine station" or "closed facility", work (handling, storage, multiplication, breeding or testing) with quarantine pests or otherwise regulated materials may be applied for and approved within these premises. The designated site intended for the work must be specified in this extended permit application with certain details and further information in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/829.

• They shall enable physical isolation of the pests, plants, plant products and other objects to be kept in quarantine or under lock and key. They ensure that it is not possible to gain access to them or remove them from the stations or facilities without the consent of the competent authority
• have systems or access to systems to sterilize, decontaminate or destroy infested plants, plant products and other objects, waste and equipment before they are removed from the stations or plants
• They have a definition and description of the tasks of these stations and facilities, the persons responsible for carrying out these tasks and the conditions for carrying out these tasks.
• They have a sufficient number of personnel with adequate qualifications, training and experience
• have a contingency plan to eliminate any unintentionally present Union quarantine pests or pests and to prevent their spread.

Art. 60, 61 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 (Plant Health Regulation)

Appeal (appeal may be excluded depending on state law), administrative court action

• You submit the application to the responsible office online or in writing.
• Once the application has been received, the information is checked for completeness and eligibility for approval. As a rule, this check also includes an inspection of the proposed location.
• If necessary, further documents can be requested.
• If the review is successful, the permit is issued by official decision. The decision may be subject to conditions.
• Further monitoring inspections may be carried out at the designated site during the approval period. If the origin of the organisms and/or materials to be approved for the work is outside the designated or to be designated site, it is assumed that an import or an intra-Community shipment (EU) is necessary and a corresponding authorization (letter of authority) is attached.

Is based on the respective administrative fee schedule of the federal state or on the fee statutes of the authorities responsible under federal state law.

Plant Health Knowledge Portal, Julius Kühn Institute, Institute of National and International Plant Health Affairs

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.