{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1979/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1979/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/1979",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1979 of 31 October 2017 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of officials controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption as regard echinoderms harvested outside classified production areas (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1979",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, Chapter III is replaced by the following:\n‘CHAPTER III:\nOFFICIAL CONTROLS CONCERNING PECTINIDAE, MARINE GASTROPODS AND ECHINODERMS WHICH ARE NOT FILTER FEEDERS HARVESTED OUTSIDE CLASSIFIED PRODUCTION AREAS\nOfficial 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.\nSuch 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.’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1979/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:29.258282+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}