This Regulation implements Council Directive 95/70/EC of 22 December 1995 introducing minimum community measures for the control of certain diseases affecting bivalve molluscs. The Minister shall establish and maintain a register for persons engaged in the rearing of bivalve molluscs and shall establish a monitoring and sampling programme of bivalve mollusc farms, farming areas and harvested natural beds for the purposes of the detection of any abnormal mortality and monitoring the health of sto