# 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, Division 3.1.3.2

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

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

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Source: 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 (the official version)
Page: 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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