Division 3.1.3.2

With regard to bivalve molluscs and other species which are not fed by man, but instead feed on natural plankton, the following rules shall apply:

1. (a)

   such filter-feeding animals shall receive all their nutritional requirements from nature, except in the case of juveniles reared in hatcheries and nurseries;

2. (b)

   the growing areas shall be suitable from a health point of view and shall either be of high ecological status as defined by Directive 2000/60/EC or of good environmental status as defined by Directive 2008/56/EC or of equivalent quality to:

   • the production zones classed as A in Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, until 13 December 2019, or

   • the corresponding classification areas set out in the implementing acts adopted by the Commission in accordance with Article 18(8) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, from 14 December 2019.