ker so v skladu z maroško zakonodajo za inšpekcijski nadzor zdravja živih školjk, iglokožcev, plaščarjev in morskih polžev ter za spremljanje higienskih in sanitarnih pogojev proizvodnje zadolženi veterinarski inšpektorji, katerim pomagajo strokovni sodelavci iz Direction de l'élevage (Direktorat za rejo živali) Ministrstva za kmetijstvo in agrarno reformo; ker ista zakonodaja pooblašča Ministrstvo za ribištvo, da dovoli ali prepove nabiranje školjk, iglokožcev, plaščarjev in morskih polžev na nekaterih območjih na podlagi poročila Direktorata za rejo živali in Znanstvenega inštituta za morsko ribištvo;
Whereas Moroccan legislation makes veterinary inspectors, assisted by technical assistants from the Direction de l'élevage (Animal Husbandry Directorate) of the Ministry for Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, responsible for inspecting the health of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods and monitoring the hygiene and sanitary conditions of production; whereas the same legislation empowers the Ministry of Fisheries to authorize or prohibit the harvesting of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods from certain zones on the basis of a report from the animal Husbandry Directorate and the Scientific Institute for Maritime Fisheries;