# 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), Article 59: Monitoring of classified production and relaying areas

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

The competent authorities shall periodically monitor production and relaying areas classified in accordance with Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 in order to check:
(a) that there is no malpractice with regard to the origin, provenance and destination of live bivalve molluscs;
(b) the microbiological quality of live bivalve molluscs in relation to the classified production and relaying areas;
(c) for the presence of toxin-producing plankton in production and relaying waters and marine biotoxins in live bivalve molluscs;
(d) for the presence of chemical contaminants in live bivalve molluscs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/627/article/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-59
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