
Article 1 
In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, Chapter III is replaced by the following:
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CHAPTER III: 
Official controls on pectinidae, marine gastropods and echinoderms, which are not filter feeders, harvested outside classified production areas shall be carried out in fish auctions, dispatch centres and processing establishments.

Such official controls must verify compliance with the health standards for live bivalve molluscs laid down in Annex III, Section VII, Chapter V, of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 as well as compliance with other requirements of Annex III, Section VII, Chapter IX, of that Regulation.
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Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2019.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 31 October 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER