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Order No. 86/2018 establishing the prohibited keeping of specific species, pursuant to Decree-Law No. 121/2017.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Regulation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República I série, No. 61, 27 March 2018.
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Endangered species Biodiversity Protection of species Research
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Order enters into force on the day after its publication.
Abstract

This Order, consisting of 9 articles and two Annexes, establishes the prohibited keeping of specific species. It specifies the provisions prohibiting the holding of living species included in the list of Annex I and the resulting hybrids. It does not apply to: a) scientific institutions, where such keeping is authorized by the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forestry, I.P. (ICNF); b) Zoological parks, when keeping is preceded by a positive opinion of the ICNF; c) Entities duly authorized for the exercise of livestock activity, when keeping is authorized by the ICNF exclusively for captive breeding for animal production purposes; d) Entities pursuing nature conservation projects involving captive breeding, where such detention is authorized by the ICNF; e) Recovery centers and poles receiving species collected or seized provided that they are authorized by the ICNF to hold living species of prohibited keeping; f) Entities duly authorized by the ICNF, which hold living species, as well as related hybrids.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
dre.pt

References - Legislation

Implements

Decree-Law No. 121/2017 implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and adapting it to the amendments to Regulations (EC) No. 338/97 and No. 865/2006.

Legislation | Portugal | 2017

Keyword: Birds, Endangered species, Wild flora, Biodiversity, Protection of habitats, Offences/penalties, Protection of species, Trade in species, Internal trade, International trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX