Legislative Decree No. 131 establishing quality requisites of waters to be used for shellfish culture. Country/Territory Italy Document type Legislation Date 1992 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 41, 19 February 1992, Ordinary Supplement No. 34, pp. 17-23. Subject Fisheries, Water Keyword Aquaculture Mariculture Hygiene/sanitary procedures Molluscs Standards Data collection/reporting Offences/penalties Water quality standards Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The Decree implements EC Directive No. 79/923/CEE and establishes quality requisites of coastal and brackish waters. Such requisites are evaluated on the basis of the parameters and relevant values stated in Annex 1. Article 3 establishes sampling and testing equipment and methods. The Regions concerned shall identify the waters to be protected or improved within 180 days from the entry into force of the Decree. Furthermore, the Regions shall adopt the relevant plans for the sanitation of such waters and submit to the ministries concerned an yearly report on geographical coordinates, species of molluscs, rearing methods, fishing gears and total catch (art. 4, para. 1). Article 7 sets out penalties. Full text Italian