Decree-Law No. 293/98 amending Decree-Law No. 112/95 on sanitary requirements for producing and placing on the market bivalve molluscs. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Legislation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 216/98 (I-A), 18 September 1998, pp.4828-4838. Subject Fisheries, Food & nutrition Keyword Mariculture Molluscs International trade Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Decree-Law enters into force the day after its publication. Abstract This Decree-Law amends articles: 1, 3, 4 and 8 of Decree-Law No. 112/95 establishing sanitary measures to be applied in order to produce and place on the market bivalve molluscs. The amendments established concern: competencies of the General Direction of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DGPA); sanitary measures to be carried out by the General Direction of Veterinary (DGV); quality standards to be satisfied by these molluscs in order to be placed on the market; import/export requirements of aquaculture products, etc. 2 Annexes are attached to the text regulating the procedures to be applied for producing molluscs (including water quality standards, sanitary procedures, conservation requirements, etc.). Full text Portuguese References - Legislation Amends Decree-Law No. 112/95 regulating the production and placing in the market of living molluscs. Legislation | Portugal | 1995 Keyword: Mariculture, Molluscs, Aquatic animals, International trade, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Order No. 552/95 establishing sanitary procedures for the production and placing into the market of living molluscs. Legislation | Portugal | 1995 Keyword: Mariculture, Molluscs, Aquatic animals, International trade, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX