Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2258 of 9 September 2022 amending and correcting Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific hygiene requirements for food of animal origin as regards fishery products, eggs and certain highly refined products, and amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 as regards certain bivalve molluscs (Text with EEA relevance)

Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 is amended and corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

By way of derogation from Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the classification of production and relaying areas shall not be required in relation to the harvesting of Pectinidae, marine gastropods and echinoderms, which are not filter feeders, when the competent authorities carry out official controls on such animals in fish auctions, dispatch centres and processing establishments. Such official controls shall verify compliance with: (a) the health standards for live bivalve molluscs laid down in Chapter V of Section VII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; (b) the specific requirements for Pectinidae, marine gastropods and echinoderms which are not filter feeders, that are harvested outside the classified production areas, laid down in Chapter IX of that Section.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.