
Article 1 

(1. This Regulation shall apply to live, chilled, frozen and processed bivalve molluscs intended for human consumption and originating in Turkey.
(2. In this Regulation,  “appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State (in relation to England), the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales) and the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland); but the  “appropriate authority” is the Secretary of State if consent is given by:
(a) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(b) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.
Article 2 
The appropriate authority  shall not allow importation into  Great Britain  of live and chilled bivalve molluscs from Turkey.
Article 3 

1. The appropriate authority  shall, using appropriate sampling plans and detection methods, carry out tests on consignments of frozen and processed bivalve molluscs originating in Turkey as provided for in paragraph 2.Those tests shall take place at the border  control  post of entry into  Great Britain  of the consignments concerned.
2. The appropriate authority  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 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 destroy the consignments.
Article 4 
All expenditures incurred in the application of this Regulation shall be charged to the operator or his representative responsible for the consignment at the time of presentation of that consignment to the border  control  post of entry into  Great Britain.
Article 5 
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 until 31 December 2021.
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