Article 59U.K.Monitoring of classified production and relaying areas
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:
that there is no malpractice with regard to the origin, provenance and destination of live bivalve molluscs;
the microbiological quality of live bivalve molluscs in relation to the classified production and relaying areas;
for the presence of toxin-producing plankton in production and relaying waters and marine biotoxins in live bivalve molluscs;
for the presence of chemical contaminants in live bivalve molluscs.