# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 743/2013 of 31 July 2013 introducing protective measures on imports of bivalve molluscs from Turkey intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance), Article 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The appropriate authority shall, using appropriate sampling plans and detection methods, carry out tests on consignments of frozen and processed bivalve molluscs originating in Turkey as provided for in paragraph 2.
Those tests shall take place at the border control post of entry into Great Britain of the consignments concerned.
2. The appropriate authority shall carry out the tests necessary to identify:
(a) the contamination level of Escherichia coli in all consignments of frozen bivalve molluscs;
(b) the presence of marine biotoxins in all consignments of frozen or processed bivalve molluscs.
3. The consignments subjected to tests referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall stay under supervision of competent authorities at the border control post concerned until the results of those tests are received and assessed.
4. If the tests referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 indicate that a consignment is likely to be injurious to human health, the competent authority shall immediately seize and destroy the consignments.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/743/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-743/article-3
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.