1. An area from which live bivalve molluscs can be gathered for direct human consumption provided such molluscs satisfy the requirements specified in Chapter V.
2. An area from which live bivalve molluscs may be gathered but only placed on the market for human consumption—
(a)after treatment in a purification centre or after relaying (followed, where necessary, by treatment in a purification centre); or
(b)after heat treatment by an approved process in an approved establishment.
3. Prior to relaying, treatment in a purification centre or heat treatment, the live bivalve molluscs from these areas must not exceed in 90% of samples the limits of—
(a)a five-tube, three-dilution MPN-test of 6,000 faecal coliforms per 100 grams of flesh; or
(b)4,600 E. coli per 100 grams of flesh.
4. After any necessary relaying, purification and treatment, the live bivalve molluscs must satisfy the requirements of Chapter V.
5. An area from which live bivalve molluscs can be gathered but placed on the market for human consumption only after—
(a)a relaying period of at least 2 months, followed, where necessary, by treatment in a purification centre; or
(b)heat treatment by an approved process in an approved establishment.
6. The live bivalve molluscs from these areas must not, prior to relaying and any periods of purification or heat treatment, exceed the limits of—
(a)a five-tube, three-dilution MPN-test of 60,000 faecal coliforms per 100 grams of flesh; or
(b)46,000 E. coli per 100 grams of flesh.
7. After any necessary relaying, purification and treatment, the live bivalve molluscs must satisfy the requirements of Chapter V.