TITLE VSPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICIAL CONTROLS CONCERNING LIVE BIVALVE MOLLUSCS FROM CLASSIFIED PRODUCTION AND RELAYING AREAS
CHAPTER III Management of classified production and relaying areas after monitoring
Article 62Decisions following monitoring
1.
Where the results of the monitoring provided for in Article 59 indicate that the health standards for live bivalve molluscs are not met or that there may otherwise be a risk to human health, the competent authorities shall close the classified production or relaying area concerned, preventing the harvesting of live bivalve molluscs. However, they may reclassify a production or relaying area as being of Class B or C if it meets the relevant criteria set out in Articles 54 and 55 and presents no other risk to human health.
2.
Where the results of microbiological monitoring show that the health standards for live bivalve molluscs referred to in Article 53 not met, competent authorities may, on the basis of a risk assessment, and only on a temporary and non-recurring basis, permit continued harvesting without closure or reclassification subject to the following conditions:
(a)
the classified production area concerned and all approved establishments receiving live bivalve molluscs from it are under the official control of the same competent authorities;
(b)
the live bivalve molluscs concerned are subjected to appropriate restrictive measures such as purification, relaying or processing.
3.
The accompanying registration document, as referred to in Chapter I of Section VII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, shall include all the information concerning the application of paragraph 2.
4.
The competent authorities shall establish the conditions under which paragraph 2 can be availed of in order to ensure, for the production area concerned, maintenance of the compliance with the criteria established in Article 53.