Country of origin / Foodstuffs / CN- code / Sampling / Documentation requirements / Requirements for the consignment / Comments/Prior notification
Brazil / Brazil nuts in shell / 0801 21 00 / 100% / Foodstuffs presented for import shall be accompanied by the results of sampling and analysis and a health certificate (in accordance with the model set out in Annex I, completed, signed and verified by an authorised representative. / Each consignment shall be identified with a code which corresponds to the code on the results of the sampling and analysis and the health certificate. Each individual bag, or other packaging form, of the consignment shall be identified with that code. / Food business operators or their representatives shall give prior notificationof the consignment. For that they shall complete Part I of the common entry document(CED).
Documentary check at the first point of introduction, identity, physical check at the designated point of import.
First point of
Introduction/designate
d point of import in
Estonia.
Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing Brazil nuts in shell / 0813 50 / 100%
China / Groundnuts / 1202 10 90 / 20%
Groundnuts / 1202 20 00 / 20%
Groundnuts (in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1 kg) / 2008 11 91 / 20%
Groundnuts (in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg) / 2008 11 98 / 20%
Roasted groundnuts (in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1 kg) / 2008 11 91 / 20%
Roasted groundnuts (in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg) / 2008 11 96 / 20%
Egypt / Groundnuts / 1202 10 90 / 20%
Groundnuts / 1202 20 00 / 20%
Groundnuts (in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1kg) / 2008 11 91 / 20%
Groundnuts (in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1kg) / 2008 11 98 / 20%
Roasted groundnuts (in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1kg) / 2008 11 91 / 20%
Roasted groundnuts (in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1kg) / 2008 11 96 / 20%
Iran / Pistachios / 0802 50 00 / 50%
Roasted pistachios (in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1kg) / 2008 19 13 / 50%
Roasted pistachios (in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1kg) / 2008 19 93 / 50%
Turkey / Dried figs / 0804 20 90 / 10% of hazelnuts from Turkey, 20% of dried figs from Turkey and 50% of pistachios from Turkey
Hazelnuts in shell or shelled / 0802 21 00
0802 22 00
Pistachios / 0802 50 00
Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing figs, hazelnuts or pistachios / 0813 50
Fig paste, pistachio paste and hazelnut paste / 1106 30 90
2007 10
2007 99
Hazelnuts, figs and pistachios, preserved or prepared, including mixtures / 2008 19
Flour, meal and powder of hazelnuts, figs and pistachios / 1106 30 90
Cut, sliced and broken hazelnuts / 0802 22 00
2008 19
United States of America / Almonds in shell or shelled / 0802 11
0802 12 / Foodstuffs covered by the Voluntary Aflatoxin Sampling plan- random sampling, otherwise 100%
Roasted almonds (in immediate packaging of a net content exceeding 1kg) / 2008 19 13
Roasted almonds (in immediate packaging of a net content not exceeding 1kg) / 2008 19 93
Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing almonds / 0813 50
Commission Decision 2008/47/EC approving the pre-export checks carried out by the United States of America on peanuts and derived products thereof as regards the presence of aflatoxins
Commission decision / Country of origin / Foodstuffs / CN-code / Sampling / Documentation requirements / Requirements for the consignment / Prior notification
2008/47/EC / United States of America / Peanuts / 1202 10 90 1202 20 00 / Frequency of the physical checks on the consignments shall be reduced
*Documentary check 100% / The consignment shall be accompanied by:
- The results of sampling and analysis performed by a USDA approved laboratory
- A certificate set out in Annex, completed, signed and verified by an authorised representative of the USDA for foodstuffs from the United States of America.
Peanuts (in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1kg) / 2008 11 94
Peanuts (in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1kg) / 2008 11 98
Roasted peanuts (in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1kg) / 2008 11 92
Roasted peanuts (in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1kg) / 2008 11 96
Emergency measures regarding the unauthorised genetically modified organism ‘Bt 63’ in rice
products originating from China
Commission Decision / Country of origin / Foodstuff / CN-code / Documentation requirements / Sampling/Prior notification2008/289/EC / China / rice in the husk (paddy or rough) / 1006 10 / Original analytical report based on the construct-specific method developed by D. Mäde et al., for detection of the genetically modified rice ‘Bt 63', issued by an official or accredited laboratory and accompanying the consignment demonstrates that the product does not contain, consist or is not produced from the genetically modified rice ‘Bt 63'.
Where a product referred to in the Annex to Commission Decision 2008/289/EC does not contain, consist or is not produced from rice, the original analytical report may be replaced by a statement from the operator responsible for the consignment indicating that the food does not contain, consist or is not produced from rice. / Random sampling(article 3)
Prior notification by the Food Business Operator of the arrival into the Community is required.
husked (brown) rice / 1006 20
semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed / 1006 30
broken rice / 1006 40 00
rice flour / 1102 90 50
rice goats and meal / 1103 19 50
rice pellets / 1103 20 50
flaked rice grains / 1104 19 91
rolled or flaked cereal grains (excluding grains of oats, wheat, rye, maize and barley, and flaked rice) / 1104 19 99
rice starch / 1108 1910
preparations for infant use, put up for retail sales / 1901 10 00
uncooked pasta, no stuffed or otherwise prepared, containing eggs / 1902 1100
uncooked pasta, no stuffed or otherwise prepared, not containing eggs / 1902 219
stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared / 1902 20
other pasta (other than uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, and other than stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared) / 1902 30
prepared foods obtained by swelling or roasting cereals or cereal products, obtained from rice / 19041030
preparations of the muesli-type based on unroasted cereal flakes / 19042010
prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals, obtained from rice (excluding preparations of the muesli-type on the basis of unroasted cereal flakes) / 1902095
rice, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included (excluding flour, goats and meal, food preparations obtained by swelling or roasting or from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals) / 1904 90 10
Rice paper / ex 1905 90 20
bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of rice with a starch content not exceeding 35% by weight / 2302 40 02
bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of rice with a starch content not exceeding 35% by weight / 2302 40 08
peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed / 3504 00 00
Import conditions for certain foodstuffs
Legislation / Country of origin / Foodstuff / Documentation requirements / Sampling / Comments/Prior NotificationCouncil Regulation (EC)
733/2008 (codified version of council regulation 737/90)
Commission Regulation (EC)
1635/2006
Commission Regulation (EC)
1609/2000 / Albania,
Belarus,
Bosnia and Hertsogovina,
Bulgaria,
Liechtenstein,
Ex Yugoslavia Macedonia,
Moldova,
Montenegro,
Norway,
Romania,
Russia,
Serbia,
Switzerland,
Turkey,
Ukraine / Mushrooms (listed in1635/2006 annex I);
Wild berries (listed in1609/2000) / Presence of export certificate for agricultural products (specimen in annex III of Regulation 1635/2006).
The accumulated maximum radioactive level in terms of
caesium-134 and -137 is 600Bq/kg (Council Regulation 733/2008article 2(2)) / For the products listed in annex I of Council Regulation (EC) 1635/2006 sampling every consignment exceeding
10 kg of fresh products.
For other products (wild berries) random sampling. The intensity of controls to be carried
out shall be made taking account in particular of the degree
of contamination of the country of origin, the characteristics
of the products in question, the results of the previous
checks and the export certificates (Reg. 1635/2006 article 1(2) point a) / Products contaminated with radioactive caesium-134,-137.
Prior notification by the Food Business Operator of the arrival into the Community is required.
Commission Regulation (EU)
258/2010 / India (also consigned from India) / Guar gum CN-1302 32 90; feed and food containing 10% guar gum originating in or consigned from India) / Each consignment of the products shall be accompanied by:
- a health certificate, provided in the Annex, certifying that the product does not contain more than 0,01 mg/kg PCP, it must be signed by an authorised representative of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India
- an analytical report, issued by a laboratory accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025
Consignment shall be kept under official control for a max of 15 working days pending the availability of the results of the laboratory analysis. / Prior notification by the Food Business Operator of the arrival into the Community is required.
Documentary, identity and physical checks shall be carried out at control points specifically designated by the Member States for that purpose.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1151/2009 / Ukraine (also consigned from Ukraine) / Sunflower seed oil (CN-15121191;1512199010) / Each consignment of sunflower oil presented for import shall be accompanied by a certificate (specimen in Annex of Regulation 1151/2009) and by an analytical report, issued by a laboratory accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025 for the analysis of mineral oil in sunflower oil.
Documentary check 100% / Random sampling / Prior notification by the Food Business Operator on the arrival into the Community is required.
Documentary check at the first point of entry.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 / China (also consigned from China) / Composite products containing milk or milk products, soya or soya products intended for the particular nutritional use of infants and young children / Import ban
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 / China (also consigned from China) / Composite products containing milk or milk products, soya or soya products and ammonium bicarbonate (E 503) / As required
Documentary check 100% /
- Identity and physical checks, including sampling and analysis to control the presence of melamine, shall be carried out on approximately 20% of such consignments.
- Consignments shall be kept under official control pending the availability of the results of the laboratory analysis.
Documentary, identity and physical checks carried out at designated control points.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009(amended by Commission Regulation No 212/2010; No 878/2010; No 1099/2010; No 187/2011; No 433/2011) of 24 July 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin and amending Decision 2006/504/EC
Feed and food (intended use) / CN code / Country of origin / Hazard / Frequency of physical and identity checks (%) / Prior notification / Comments
Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell
Groundnuts (peanuts) shelled
Peanut butter
Groundnuts (peanuts) otherwise prepared or preserved
(Feed and food) / 1202 10 90
1202 20 00
2008 11 10
2008 11 91
2008 11 96
2008 11 98 / Argentina / Aflatoxins / 10 / Food business operators or their representatives shall give prior notification of the consignment.
For that they shall complete Part I of the common entry document(CED)and transmit it to the competent authority at the designated point of entry (DPEs).
(annex II of Reg. 669/2009) / Documentary checks 100%.
Documentary, identity and physical check carried out at designated points of entry (DPEs).
Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell
Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled
Peanut butter
Groundnuts (peanuts) otherwise prepared or preserved
(Feed and food) / 1202 10 90
1202 20 00
2008 11 10
2008 11 91
2008 11 96
2008 11 98 / Brazil / Aflatoxins / 10
Dried Noodles
(Food) / ex 1902 / China / Aluminium / 10
Yardlong beans (Vigna sesquipedalis)
Bitter melon (Momordica charantia)
Lauki (Lagenaria siceraria)
Peppers (Capsicum spp)
Aubergines
(Food-fresh, chilled or frozen vegetables) / ex 0708 20 00
ex 0710 22 00
ex 0709 90 90
ex 0710 80 95
ex 0709 90 90
ex 0710 80 95
0709 60 10
0709 60 99
0710 80 51
0710 80 59
0709 30 00
ex 0710 80 95 / Dominican Republic / Pesticide residues / 50
Oranges (fresh or dried)
Peaches
Pomegranates
Strawberries
Green beans
(Food-fresh fruits and vegetables) / 0805 10 20
0805 10 80
0809 30 90
ex 0810 90 95
0810 10 00
ex 0708 20 00 / Egypt / Pesticide residues / 10
Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell
Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled
Peanut butter
(Feed and food) / 1202 10 90
1202 20 00
2008 11 10 / Ghana / Aflatoxins / 50
Curry leaves (Bergera/Murraya koenigii)
(Food-fresh herbs)
Chilli (Capsicum annuum), whole
Chilli (Capsicum annuum), crushed or ground
Chilli products (curry)
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)
Mace (Myristica fragrans)
Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
Curcuma longa (turmeric)
(Food-dried spices) / ex 1211 90 85
ex 0904 20 10
ex 0904 20 90
0910 91 05
0908 10 00
0908 20 00
0910 10 00
0910 30 00 / India
India / Pesticide residues
Aflatoxins / 10
50
Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell
Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled
Peanut butter
Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved
(Feed and food) / 1202 10 90
1202 20 00
2008 11 10
2008 11 91
2008 11 96
2008 11 98 / India / Aflatoxins / 20
Fresh okra
(Food) / ex 0709 90 90 / India / Pesticide residues / 10
Watermelon (egusi, Citrullus lanatus) seeds and derived products
(Food) / ex 1207 99 97
ex 1106 30 90
ex 2008 99 99 / Nigeria / Aflatoxins / 50
Basmati rice for direct human consumption
(Food- milled rice) / ex 1006 30 / Pakistan / Aflatoxins / 20
Chilli (Capsicum annuum), whole
Chilli (Capsicum annuum), crushed or ground
(Food-dried spice) / ex 0904 20 10
ex 0904 20 90 / Peru / Aflatoxins and Ochratoxin A / 10
Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell
Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled
Peanut butter
Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved
(Feed and food) / 1202 10 90
1202 20 00
2008 11 10
2008 11 91
2008 11 96
2008 11 98 / South Africa / Aflatoxins / 10
Coriander leaves
Basil (holy, sweet)
Mint
(Food-fresh herbs) / ex 0709 90 90
ex 1211 90 85
ex 1211 90 85 / Thailand / Salmonella / 10
Coriander leaves
Basil (holy, sweet)
(Food-fresh herbs) / ex 0709 90 90
ex 1211 90 85 / Thailand / Pesticide residues / 20
Yardlong beans (Vigna sesquipedalis)
Aubergines
Brassica vegetables
(Food-fresh, chilled or frozen vegetables) / ex 0708 20 00
ex 0710 22 00
0709 30 00
ex 0710 80 95
0704
ex 0710 80 95 / Thailand / Pesticide residues / 50
Sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum)
Tomatoes
(Food-fresh, chilled or frozen vegetables) / 0709 60 10
0710 80 51
0702 00 00
0710 80 70 / Turkey / Pesticide residues / 10
Dried grapes (vine fruit)
(Food) / 0806 20 / Uzbekistan / Ochratoxin A / 50
Chilli (Capsicum annuum), crushed or ground
Chilli products (curry)
Curcuma longa (turmeric)
(Food-dried spices)
Red palm oil
(Food) / ex 0904 20 90
0910 91 05
0910 30 00
ex 1511 10 90 / All third countries / Sudan dyes / 10
Commission implementing regulation (EU) No 297/2011 of 25March 2011 imposing special conditions governing the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station
Country of origin / Products / Sampling / Documentation requirements / Requirements for the consignment / Prior notification / Remarks
Japan / Feedstuffs and foodstuffs (reg. 3954/87 article 1(2)), originating in or consigned from Japan, with the exclusion of products which left Japan before 28 March 2011 and of products which have been harvested and/or processed before 11 March 2011.
Radioactive contamination (iodine-131, caesium-134 and caesium-137) / 10% of the consignment of the products originating from the prefectures Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi, Saitama, Tokyo and Chiba.
20% to all other consignment of products not originating from the above mentioned prefectures. / Each consignment of the products shall be accompanied by a declaration (the model is set in the regulation) which shall be signed by an authorised representative of the Japanese competent authorities and shall for the products originating from the prefectures Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi, Saitama, Tokyo and Chiba be accompanied by an analytical report. / Each consignment of the products shall be identified by means of a code which shall be indicated on the declaration, on the analytical report containing the results of sampling and analysis, sanitary certificate and on any commercial documents accompanying the consignment. / Feed and food business operatiors or their representatives shall give prior notification of the arrival of each consignment of the products at least two working days prior to the physical arrival of the consignment, to the competent authorities at the BIP pr at the DPE. / Consignments of the products shall be introduced into the EU only through a designated point of entry (DPE) orb order inspection post (BIP).
All costs resulting from the official controls and any measures taken following non-compliance, shall be borne by the feed and food business operator
Last reviewed06/05/2011