Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/478 of 24 March 2022 on maintaining protective measures on imports of bivalve molluscs from Turkey intended for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance)
Modified by
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/360of 24 January 2024amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/478 as regards the extension of the period of application of protective measures on imports of bivalve molluscs from Türkiye intended for human consumption(Text with EEA relevance), 32024R0360, January 25, 2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/478of 24 March 2022on maintaining protective measures on imports of bivalve molluscs from Turkey intended for human consumption(Text with EEA relevance)Article 1Subject matterThis Regulation shall apply to live, chilled, frozen and processed bivalve molluscs intended for human consumption (CN Codes: 0307, 1605) and originating in or dispatched from Turkey.Article 2Prohibition of entry of live and chilled bivalve molluscsMember States shall not allow entry into the Union of live and chilled bivalve molluscs originating in or dispatched from Turkey.Article 3Measures concerning frozen and processed bivalve molluscs1.Member States shall, using appropriate sampling plans and detection methods, carry out tests on consignments of frozen and processed bivalve molluscs originating in or dispatched from Turkey as provided for in paragraph 2.Those tests shall take place at the border control post of entry into the Union of the consignments concerned.2.Member States shall carry out the tests necessary to identify:(a)the contamination level of Escherichia coli in all consignments of frozen bivalve molluscs;(b)the presence of marine biotoxins in all consignments of frozen or processed bivalve molluscs.3.The consignments subjected to tests referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall stay under supervision of the competent authorities at the border control post concerned until the results of those tests are received and assessed.4.If the tests referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 indicate that a consignment is likely to be injurious to human health, the competent authority shall immediately seize and either destroy the consignment or subject it to special treatment as provided for by Article 67 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and in accordance with Article 71(1) and (2) of that same Regulation.Article 4ExpendituresAll expenditures incurred by the Member States in the application of this Regulation shall be charged to the operator or his/her representative responsible for the consignment at the time of presentation of that consignment to the border control post of entry into the Union.Article 5Entry into force and period of applicationThis Regulation shall enter into force on the fourth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.It shall apply until 31 December 2026.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.