Enforced import regulations for some products from Non-EU countries

: Published: 08 June 2020

Import controls at the EU's external borders will be tightened for example for mandarins, peppers, spices and much more. The relevant EU regulation and its annexes have been updated.

Food	KN Code	Country of origin	Reasons	Control frequency
Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids	0805 21; 0805 22; 0805 29	Turkey	Pesticide residues⁽¹⁾	5%
Sweet peppers of Capsicum species (excluding sweet peppers)	ex 0709 60 99; ex 0710 80 59	Pakistan	Pesticide residues⁽¹⁾	20%
Beans	0708 20	Kenia	Pesticide residues ⁽¹⁾	10% (previously 5%)
Pomegranate	ex 0810 90 75	Turkey	Pesticide residues ^(1,4)	10% (previously 5%)
Spice mixtures	0910 91 10; 0910 91 90	Pakistan	Aflatoxine	50%
Curry leaves (Bergera/Murraya koenigii)	ex 1211 90 86	India	Pesticide residues^(1,2)	50%
Sesame seed	1207 40 90	Ethiopia Nigeria India Sudan (new) Uganda (new)	Salmonella⁽³⁾	50% 50% 20% 20% 20%
Dried apricots, or otherwise prepared or preserved	0806 20	Türkei	Ochratoxin A	10% (previously 5%)

Residues of at least those pesticides that are present in the food chain as defined in Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ 2005 L 396, p. 1). (OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1) and can be analysed by multi-residue methods based on GC-MS and LC-MS (pesticides to be monitored only in/on products of plant origin).
Residues of acephate.
Sampling and analysis shall be carried out in accordance with the sampling and reference analysis methods set out in point 1(a) of Annex III to the Regulation.
Residues of prochloraz.

The following have been deleted from Annex 1 in the new version of the Regulation

Lemons	Turkey	Pesticide residues
Raspberries	Serbia	Norovirus
Dried apricots, or otherwise prepared or preserved	Turkey	Sulfite

For full information please consult the regulation.

Autor: Dr. Frank Mörsberger

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