Establishments Subject to Approval

Establishments handling those products for which Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 lays down requirements must be approved by the Competent Authority. In the case of live bivalve molluscs this would include dispatch centres and purification centres. Establishments handling non processed products of animal origin and processed products of animal origin also require approval. However, establishments carrying out only primary production, transport operations, the storage of products not requiring temperature controlled storage conditions or retail operations other than those to which Regulation (EC) 853/2004 applies pursuant to Article 1(5)(b) are exempt from this requirement but are subject to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) 852/2004 i.e. they must be registered with the competent authority.

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Last reviewed: 26/6/2015