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)

Article 1

Subject matter

This 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 2

Prohibition of entry of live and chilled bivalve molluscs

Member States shall not allow entry into the Union of live and chilled bivalve molluscs originating in or dispatched from Turkey.

Article 3

Measures concerning frozen and processed bivalve molluscs

Those tests shall take place at the border control post of entry into the Union of the consignments concerned.

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.

Article 4

Expenditures

All 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 5

Entry into force and period of application

This 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.