Article 1

In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, Chapter III is replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER III:

OFFICIAL CONTROLS CONCERNING PECTINIDAE, MARINE GASTROPODS AND ECHINODERMS WHICH ARE NOT FILTER FEEDERS HARVESTED OUTSIDE CLASSIFIED PRODUCTION AREAS

Official controls on pectinidae, marine gastropods and echinoderms, which are not filter feeders, harvested outside classified production areas shall be carried out in fish auctions, dispatch centres and processing establishments.

Such official controls must verify compliance with the health standards for live bivalve molluscs laid down in Annex III, Section VII, Chapter V, of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 as well as compliance with other requirements of Annex III, Section VII, Chapter IX, of that Regulation.’