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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-848/annex-II/part-3/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.3/division-3.1.3.2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/848",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-848",
  "path": "annex/II/part/3/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.3/division/3.1.3.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.1.3.2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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:\n(a) such filter-feeding animals shall receive all their nutritional requirements from nature, except in the case of juveniles reared in hatcheries and nurseries;\n(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:\nthe production zones classed as A in Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, until 13 December 2019, or\nthe 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.",
  "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/2018/848/annex/II/part/3/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.3/division/3.1.3.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:05.823342+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."
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