Division Specifications and standardised methods for monitoring and assessment

1. 1..

   When F1the Secretary of State, in consultation with the devolved policy authorities, establish the list of species to be used under D9C1, the species shall:

   1. (a)

      be relevant to the marine region or subregion concerned;

   2. (b)

      fall under the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006;

   3. (c)

      be suitable for the contaminant being assessed;

   4. (d)

      be among the most consumed in the F2United Kingdom or the most caught or harvested for consumption.

2. 2..

   Exceedance of the standard set for a contaminant shall lead to subsequent monitoring to determine the persistence of the contamination in the area and species sampled. Monitoring shall continue until there is sufficient evidence that there is no risk of failure.

3. 3..

   For the purposes of this Decision, the sampling for the assessment of the maximum levels of contaminants shall be performed in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1 and with F3Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/644 of 5 April 2017 laying down methods of sampling and analysis for the control of levels of dioxins, dioxin-like PCBs and non-dioxin-like PCBs in certain foodstuffs and Commission Regulation (EC) No 333/2007^f2.

4. 4..

   Within each region or subregion, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the devolved policy authorities, shall ensure that the temporal and geographical scope of sampling is adequate to provide a representative sample of the specified contaminants in seafood in the marine region or subregion.

Units of measurement for the criteria:

• D9C1: concentrations of contaminants in the units set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006.