Intensified import controls in EU

Transportation

The concept for import controls at the EU’s external borders has been changed and supplemented by so-called risk profiles. This leads to changes in the regular import controls for food from third countries into the EU.

 

Here is a selection of the current risk profile-based regular import controls. It can serve as a suggestion for the adaptation of internal inspection plans. We have limited ourselves only to those import goods and countries of origin, which we consider important. In addition to fruit and vegetables, other product groups that may be of interest to our customers will also be taken into account from now on.

 

New entries

Food

KN Code

Country of origin

Reason/ Frequency

Galia-Melons
(C. melo var. reticulatus)

ex 0807 19 00;

Honduras

Salmonella Braenderup / 10%

Drumsticks
(Moringa oleifera)

ex 0709 99 90

India

Pesticide residues (3)/ 10%

Grapefruits

0805 40 00

Turkey

Pesticide residues (3)/ 10%

(3)Residues of at least those pesticides listed in the control programme adopted in accordance with Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1) that can be analysed with multi-residue methods based on GC-MS and LC-MS (pesticides to be monitored in/on products of plant origin only).

 

Change of the scope of the inspection and/or inspection frequency

Food

KN Code

Country of origin

Reason /frequency

Sweet peppers

0904 21 10

China

Salmonellen / 10% (⇓)

Aubergines
(Solanum melongena)

0709 30 00

Dominican

Republic

Pesticide residues (4) (8)/ 50%
shifted from Appendix I to Appendix II,
Import only with official certificate

Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet)

ex 0709 60 99

ex 0710 80 59

Yardlong beans
(Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata)

 

ex 0708 20 00

ex 0710 22 00

 

Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet))

ex 0709 60 99

ex 0710 80 59

India

Pesticide residues (4) (5)/
50% (⇑)

Mandarins
(including tangerines and satsumas),
clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids

 and oranges

0805 21

0805 22

0805 29

 

0805 10

Turkey

Pesticide residues (4) 20% (⇑)
shifted from Appendix I to Appendix II,
Import only with official certificate

Pitahaya (dragon fruit)

ex 0810 90 20

Vietnam

Pesticide residues (4),(5)/
20% (⇑)

(4) Residues of at least those pesticides listed in the control programme adopted in accordance with Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1) that can be analysed with multi-residue methods based on GC-MS and LC-MS (pesticides to be monitored in/on products of plant origin only).

(5) Residues of Carbofuran.
(8) Residues of Dithiocarbamates (dithiocarbamates expressed as CS2, including maneb, mancozeb, metiram, propineb, thiram and ziram), Phenthoate and Quinalphos.

Footnotes and numbering cited according to the regulation

 

Deletions

Food

KN Code

Country of origin

Reason /frequency

Hazelnuts

0802 21 00

Turkey

Aflatoxins / 5%

 

 

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/2246 of 12/15/21: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content 

 

 

 

 

Author: Frank Mörsberger