The meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed of the EU Commission supported the amendments to implementing EU regulation on the temporary reinforcement of official controls and emergency measures concerning the entry into the Union of certain goods from certain third countries.
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Amendments to the Regulation will enter into force as soon as they are formally approved.
The amendments provide that:
1) Enhanced controls will be imposed and an Official Certificate and Analysis Report will be required for raw whole or ground, ground, crushed or crushed apricot kernels placed on the market for the final consumer from Turkey.
2) In the future, the official certificate and analysis protocol will be necessary not only if the product originates from a specified country, but also if it is sent from it.
For example, it could affect U.S.-origin pistachios shipped from Turkey. In such cases, the official certificate is issued by the competent authority of the country from which the goods are sent to the EU.
The Food and Veterinary Service calls on importers not to organize the import of the above-mentioned consignments if it is expected that the consignment will not make it to EU border control points within two months.
3) From now on, the following products will remain under increased control at the border, but they will no longer require Official Certificates and Analysis Protocols for import:
• Carob pods (carob pods), carob seeds, whether or not shelled, crushed or ground, and thickeners and thickeners, whether or not modified, of carob pods or seeds from India and India;
• Guar gum from India;
• For instant noodles containing spices or sauces from South Korea and Vietnam;
• Capsicum genus for peppers from Pakistan.
4) Enhanced control at the border will be established, but the Official Certificate and analysis protocol will not be required for the following products:
• Apples (Annona squamosa) from Egypt;
• Cumin seeds from India;
• Green papaya (Carica papaya) from Mexico;
• Tahini and halva from Syria.
5) Enhanced control will be removed:
• Carob pods (carob pods), carob seeds, whether or not shelled, shelled or ground, and thickeners and thickeners, whether or not modified, of carob pods or seeds from Malaysia;
• Peanuts and their products from Senegal;
• Dried apricots from Uzbekistan. ■