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Specimens shall be considered to be kept in contained holding if the following conditions are fulfilled: the specimens are physically isolated and they cannot escape or spread or be removed by unauthorised persons from the holdings where they are kept; cleaning, waste handling and maintenance protocols ensure that no specimens or reproducible parts can escape, spread or be removed by unauthorised persons; the removal of the specimens from the holdings, disposal or destruction or humane cull is done in such way as to exclude propagation or reproduction outside of the holdings.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.