{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-52.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/627",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019 laying down uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627",
  "path": "article/52",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Classification of production and relaying areas for live bivalve molluscs",
  "text": "1. The competent authorities shall fix the location and boundaries of the production and relaying areas that they classify in accordance with Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. They may, where appropriate, do so in cooperation with the food business operator.\n2. The competent authorities shall classify production and relaying areas from which they authorise the harvesting of live bivalve molluscs as Class A, Class B and Class C areas according to the level of faecal contamination. They may, where appropriate, do so in cooperation with the food business operator.\n3. In order to classify production and relaying areas, the competent authorities shall fix a review period for sampling data from each production and relaying area in order to determine compliance with the standards referred to in Articles 53, 54 and 55.",
  "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/2019/627/article/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:28.098617+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."
}