Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/625 of 6 May 2020 amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures governing the entry into the Union of certain goods from certain third countries implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/625 and (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/943 and Commission Implementing Decision 2014/88/EU (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety ¹, and in particular Article 53(1)(b)(i) and (ii) thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) ², and in particular point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 47(2) and points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 54(4) thereof,

Whereas:

• (1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 ³ lays down rules concerning the temporary increase of official controls at the entry into the Union on certain food and feed of non-animal origin from certain third countries listed in Annex I to that Regulation and special conditions governing the entry into the Union of certain food and feed from certain third countries due to the risk of contamination by aflatoxins, pesticide residues, pentachlorophenol and dioxins and microbiological contamination, listed in Annex II to that Regulation.

• (2) Certain categories of consignments of food and feed are excluded from the scope of application of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 provided that their gross weight does not exceed 30 kg. Since hazards relate to the products themselves and not to their immediate containers or packaging, this weight limit should relate only to the products themselves. It is therefore appropriate to amend Article 1(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 to replace the reference to the gross weight therein by a reference to the net weight.

• (3) Article 12 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 provides that the lists set out in its Annexes I and II are to be reviewed on a regular basis not exceeding a period of six months, in order to take into account new information related to risks and non-compliance.

• (4) The occurrence and relevance of recent food incidents notified through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (‘RASFF’), as established by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, information regarding official controls performed by Member States on food and feed of non-animal origin, as well as the biannual reports on consignments of food and feed of non-animal origin submitted by Member States to the Commission in 2019 in accordance with Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 ⁴, indicate that the lists set out in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 should be amended.

• (5) In particular, for consignments of oranges, mandarins, clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids from Turkey, the data resulting from notifications received through the RASFF and information regarding official controls performed by Member States indicate the emergence of new risks to human health, due to possible pesticide residues contamination, requiring an increased level of official controls. In addition, for spice mixes from Pakistan, data resulting from notifications received through the RASFF and information regarding official controls performed by Member States indicate the emergence of new risks to human health due to possible aflatoxin contamination, which require an increased level of official controls. Entries concerning those consignments should therefore be included in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793.

• (6) Due to the high frequency of non-compliance with the relevant requirements provided for in Union legislation detected during official controls performed by Member States in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 in the first semester of 2019, it is appropriate to increase the frequency of identity and physical checks to be performed on beans from Kenya and dried grapes and pomegranates from Turkey. Entries concerning those consignments in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 should therefore be amended accordingly.

• (7) Sesamum seeds from Sudan and Uganda are already subject to an increased level of official controls as regards the presence of Salmonella since July and January 2017, respectively. The official controls carried out on those foodstuffs by the Member States show an increase of the rate of non-compliance since the establishment of the increased level of official controls. Those results provide evidence that the entry of those foodstuffs into the Union constitutes a serious risk for human health.

• (8) In order to protect human health in the Union, it is therefore necessary, in addition to the increased level of official controls, to provide for special conditions in relation to Sesamum seeds from Sudan and Uganda. In particular, all consignments of Sesamum seeds from Sudan and Uganda should be accompanied by an official certificate stating that all results of sampling and analysis show the absence of Salmonella in 25 g. The results of the sampling and analysis should be attached to that certificate. The entries concerning Sesamum seeds from Sudan and Uganda should therefore be deleted from Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 and included in Annex II thereto.

• (9) In addition, peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) from India and Pakistan are already subject to an increased level of official controls as regards the presence of pesticide residues since January 2018. That frequency rate was increased already in January 2019 from 10 % to 20 % due to a high degree of non-compliance with the relevant requirements provided for in Union legislation. The official controls carried out on these foodstuffs by the Member States show a persistent high rate of non-compliance for peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) from India and an increase of the rate of non-compliance for peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) from Pakistan since the increased level of official controls. Several RASFF notifications were transmitted concerning both commodities since the establishment of an increased level of official controls. Those results provide evidence that the entry of those foods into the Union constitutes a serious risk for human health.

• (10) In order to protect human health in the Union, it is therefore necessary in addition to the increased level of official controls, to provide for special conditions in relation to peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) from India and Pakistan. In particular, all consignments of peppers (other than sweet) from India and Pakistan should be accompanied by an official certificate stating that the products have been sampled and analysed for pesticide residues and all results show that the relevant maximum residue levels of pesticides have not been exceeded. The results of the sampling and analysis should be attached to that certificate. The entries concerning peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) from India and Pakistan should therefore be deleted from Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 and included in Annex II thereto.

• (11) For curry leaves from India, the frequency of non-compliance with the relevant requirements provided for in Union legislation detected during official controls performed by Member States has decreased. It is therefore appropriate to delete from Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 and include in Annex I to that Regulation the entry concerning curry leaves from India. It is appropriate to increase the frequency of identity and physical checks to be performed on this commodity, given that the requirements concerning official certification and sampling and analysis for pesticide residues in the third country will be discontinued for this commodity.

• (12) For raspberries from Serbia, dried apricots and apricots, otherwise prepared or preserved from Turkey and lemons from Turkey, the available information indicates an overall satisfactory degree of compliance with the relevant safety requirements provided for in Union legislation and for which an increased level of official controls is therefore no longer justified. The entries in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 concerning those commodities should therefore be deleted.

• (13) The Combined Nomenclature code indicated for Sesamum seeds in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 includes raw and processed Sesamum seeds. It is appropriate from a risk management perspective to cover both raw and processed Sesamum seeds in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, as in particular in the case of the countries of origin mentioned in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, raw or processed Sesamum seeds present the same risks. All the product descriptions in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 concerning Sesamum seeds should therefore be amended to cover both raw and processed Sesamum seeds. Additionally, in order to better align with the product description for that Combined Nomenclature code in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 ⁵, these products should be referred to in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 as ‘Sesamum seeds’ only, and not as ‘Sesame seeds (Sesamum seeds)’.

• (14) Groundnut flours and meals present the same risk as the forms of that food and feed currently listed in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793. All entries in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 concerning groundnuts should therefore be amended to include groundnut flours and meals.

• (15) Similarly, oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil present the same risk as the forms of that commodity currently listed in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793. Certain entries in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 concerning groundnuts do not include groundnuts in the aforementioned form. It is therefore appropriate to amend all the entries concerning groundnuts in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 to include oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil.

• (16) The Combined Nomenclature codes indicated for peppers of the Capsicum species (sweet or other than sweet) from Sri Lanka and India respectively and for apricots, otherwise prepared or preserved from Uzbekistan should be modified in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, in order to ensure consistency with the description for these commodities in Annexes I and II to that Regulation.

• (17) In order to ensure consistency and clarity, it is appropriate to replace Annex I and Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 in their entirety.

• (18) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/88/EU ⁶ prohibits the importation into the Union of foodstuffs containing or consisting of betel leaves originating in or consigned from Bangladesh. It was adopted following a high number of notifications issued in the RASFF due to the presence of a wide range of Salmonella strains, including Salmonella Typhimurium, found in foodstuffs containing or consisting of betel leaves (‘Piper betle’, commonly known as ‘Paan leaf’ or ‘Betel quid’) from Bangladesh.

• (19) Bangladesh has not submitted a satisfactory action plan. Therefore, it cannot be concluded that the guarantees provided by Bangladesh are sufficient to address the serious risks to human health previously identified. The emergency measures established by Implementing Decision 2014/88/EU should therefore remain in place.

• (20) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/943 ⁷ suspends the import into the Union of dried beans under CN codes 0713 39 00, 0713 35 00 and 0713 90 00 originating from Nigeria, due to continued presence of dichlorvos. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1256 ⁸ extended the date of application of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/943 until 30 June 2022, to allow Nigeria to implement the appropriate risk management measures and provide the required guarantees.

• (21) The rules laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, in Implementing Decision 2014/88/EU and in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/943 are substantively linked, as they all concern the imposition of additional measures governing the entry into the Union of certain food and feed from certain third countries due to an identified risk and which apply depending on the gravity of the risk. It is therefore appropriate to facilitate the correct and comprehensive application of the relevant rules by establishing in a single act the provisions concerning the temporary increase of official controls on certain food and feed of non-animal origin and the respective emergency measures. Implementing Decision 2014/88/EU and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/943 should therefore be repealed and their provisions transferred to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, and the latter be amended accordingly.

• (22) In the interest of legal certainty, it is appropriate to provide that Member States may authorise the entry into the Union of consignments of Sesamum seeds from Sudan and Uganda and of peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) from India and Pakistan which are not accompanied by an official certificate and the results of sampling and analysis if they left their country of origin or the country of dispatch if that country is different from the country of origin, before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

• (23) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 should therefore be amended accordingly.

• (24) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 is amended as follows:

• (1) Article 1 is amended as follows:

• (a) in paragraph 1, the following point (ba) is inserted:

• ‘(ba) suspension of the entry into the Union of the food and feed listed in Annex IIa;’;

• (b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3.   This Regulation does not apply to the following categories of consignments of food and feed referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 unless their net weight exceeds 30 kg:

• (a) consignments of food and feed sent as trade samples, laboratory samples or as display items for exhibitions, which are not intended to be placed on the market;

• (b) consignments of food and feed which form part of passengers personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use;

• (c) non-commercial consignments of food and feed sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market;

• (d) consignments of food and feed intended for scientific purposes.’;

• (2) the heading of Section 3 is replaced by the following:

‘SPECIAL CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE ENTRY INTO THE UNION AND SUSPENSION OF ENTRY INTO THE UNION OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEED FROM CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES’;

• (3) the following Article 11a is inserted:

‘Article 11a

Suspension of entry into the Union

1. Member States shall prohibit the entry into the Union of the food and feed listed in Annex IIa.

1. Paragraph 1 shall apply to food and feed intended for placing on the Union market, and to food and feed intended for private use or consumption within the custom territory of the Union.’;

• (4) Annexes I and II are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation;

• (5) an Annex IIa is inserted in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Repeals

Article 3

Transitional measures

Consignments of Sesamum seeds from Sudan and Uganda and of peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) from India and Pakistan having left the country of origin, or the country of dispatch if that country is different from the country of origin, before the date of entry into force of this Regulation may enter the Union without being accompanied by the results of sampling and analyses and the official certificate provided for in Articles 10 and 11 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793.

Article 4

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 May 2020.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

ANNEX

1.

Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 are amended as follows:

• (1) Annex I is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX I

Food and feed of non-animal origin from certain third countries subject to a temporary increase of official controls at border control posts and control points

Food and feed (intended use)	CN code9	TARIC sub-division	Country of origin	Hazard	Frequency of identity and physical checks (%)
— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell	— 1202 41 00		Bolivia (BO)	Aflatoxins	50
— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled	— 1202 42 00
— Peanut butter	— 2008 11 10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved	— 2008 11 91 ; 2008 11 96 ; 2008 11 98
— Groundnut flours and meals	— ex 1208 90 00	20
— Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil (Food and feed)	— 2305 00 00
— Black pepper (Piper) (Food – neither crushed nor ground)	ex 0904 11 00	10	Brazil (BR)	Salmonella 10	20
Goji berries (wolfberries) (Lycium barbarum L.) (Food – fresh, chilled or dried)	ex 0813 40 95 ;	10	China (CN)	Pesticide residues 11 12 13	20
Goji berries (wolfberries) (Lycium barbarum L.) (Food – fresh, chilled or dried)	ex 0810 90 75	10	China (CN)	Pesticide residues 11 12 13	20
Sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum) (Food – crushed or ground)	ex 0904 22 00	11	China (CN)	Salmonella 14	20
Tea, whether or not flavoured (Food)	0902		China (CN)	Pesticide residues 11 15	20
Aubergines (Solanum melongena) (Food – fresh or chilled)	0709 30 00		Dominican Republic (DO)	Pesticide residues11	20
— Sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum)	— 0709 60 10 ; 0710 80 51		Dominican Republic (DO)	Pesticide residues 11 16	50
— Peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet)	— ex 0709 60 99 ;	20
— Peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet)	ex 0710 80 59	20
— Yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	— ex 0708 20 00 ;	10
— Yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0710 22 00	10
— Sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum)	— 0709 60 10 ; 0710 80 51		Egypt (EG)	Pesticide residues 11 17	20
— Peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	— ex 0709 60 99 ;	20
— Peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0710 80 59	20
Sesamum seeds (Food)	1207 40 90		Ethiopia (ET)	Salmonella 10	50
— Hazelnuts, in shell	— 0802 21 00		Georgia (GE)	Aflatoxins	50
— Hazelnuts, shelled	— 0802 22 00
— Flour, meal and powder of hazelnuts	— ex 1106 30 90	40
— Hazelnuts, otherwise prepared or preserved (Food)	— ex 2008 19 19 ;	30
— Hazelnuts, otherwise prepared or preserved (Food)	ex 2008 19 95 ;	20
— Hazelnuts, otherwise prepared or preserved (Food)	ex 2008 19 99	30
Palm oil (Food)	1511 10 90 ;		Ghana (GH)	Sudan dyes18	50
Palm oil (Food)	1511 90 11 ;		Ghana (GH)	Sudan dyes18	50
Palm oil (Food)	ex 1511 90 19 ;	90	Ghana (GH)	Sudan dyes18	50
Palm oil (Food)	1511 90 99		Ghana (GH)	Sudan dyes18	50
Curry leaves (Bergera/Murraya koenigii) (Food – fresh, chilled, frozen or dried)	ex 1211 90 86	10	India (IN)	Pesticide residues 11 19	50
Okra (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0709 99 90 ;	20	India (IN)	Pesticide residues 11 20	10
Okra (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0710 80 95	30	India (IN)	Pesticide residues 11 20	10
Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) (Food – fresh or chilled)	0708 20		Kenya (KE)	Pesticide residues11	10
Chinese celery (Apium graveolens) (Food – fresh or chilled herb)	ex 0709 40 00	20	Cambodia (KH)	Pesticide residues 11 21	50
Yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen vegetables)	ex 0708 20 00 ;	10	Cambodia (KH)	Pesticide residues 11 22	50
Yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen vegetables)	ex 0710 22 00	10	Cambodia (KH)	Pesticide residues 11 22	50
Turnips (Brassica rapa ssp. rapa) (Food – prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid)	ex 2001 90 97	11; 19	Lebanon (LB)	Rhodamine B	50
Turnips (Brassica rapa ssp. rapa) (Food – prepared or preserved by brine or citric acid, not frozen)	ex 2005 99 80	93	Lebanon (LB)	Rhodamine B	50
Peppers of the Capsicum species (sweet or other than sweet) (Food – dried, roasted, crushed or ground)	0904 21 10 ;		Sri Lanka (LK)	Aflatoxins	50
Peppers of the Capsicum species (sweet or other than sweet) (Food – dried, roasted, crushed or ground)	ex 0904 21 90 ;	20	Sri Lanka (LK)	Aflatoxins	50
Peppers of the Capsicum species (sweet or other than sweet) (Food – dried, roasted, crushed or ground)	ex 0904 22 00 ;	11; 19	Sri Lanka (LK)	Aflatoxins	50
Peppers of the Capsicum species (sweet or other than sweet) (Food – dried, roasted, crushed or ground)	ex 2005 99 10 ;	10; 90	Sri Lanka (LK)	Aflatoxins	50
Peppers of the Capsicum species (sweet or other than sweet) (Food – dried, roasted, crushed or ground)	ex 2005 99 80	94	Sri Lanka (LK)	Aflatoxins	50
— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell	— 1202 41 00		Madagascar (MG)	Aflatoxins	50
— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled	— 1202 42 00
— Peanut butter	— 2008 11 10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved	— 2008 11 91 ; 2008 11 96 ; 2008 11 98
— Groundnut flours and meals	— ex 1208 90 00	20
— Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil (Food and feed)	— 2305 00 00
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) (Food – fresh)	ex 0810 90 20	20	Malaysia (MY)	Pesticide residues11	20
Sesamum seeds (Food)	1207 40 90		Nigeria (NG)	Salmonella10	50
Spice mixes (Food)	0910 91 10 ; 0910 91 90		Pakistan (PK)	Aflatoxins	50
Watermelon (Egusi, Citrullus spp.) seeds and derived products (Food)	ex 1207 70 00 ;	10	Sierra Leone (SL)	Aflatoxins	50
Watermelon (Egusi, Citrullus spp.) seeds and derived products (Food)	ex 1208 90 00 ;	10	Sierra Leone (SL)	Aflatoxins	50
Watermelon (Egusi, Citrullus spp.) seeds and derived products (Food)	ex 2008 99 99	50	Sierra Leone (SL)	Aflatoxins	50
— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell	— 1202 41 00		Senegal (SN)	Aflatoxins	50
— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled	— 1202 42 00
— Peanut butter	— 2008 11 10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved	— 2008 11 91 ; 2008 11 96 ; 2008 11 98
— Groundnut flours and meals	— ex 1208 90 00	20
— Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil (Food and feed)	— 2305 00 00
Turnips (Brassica rapa ssp. rapa) (Food – prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid)	ex 2001 90 97	11; 19	Syria (SY)	Rhodamine B	50
Turnips (Brassica rapa ssp. rapa) (Food – prepared or preserved by brine or citric acid, not frozen)	ex 2005 99 80	93	Syria (SY)	Rhodamine B	50
Peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0709 60 99 ;	20	Thailand (TH)	Pesticide residues 11 23	10
Peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0710 80 59	20	Thailand (TH)	Pesticide residues 11 23	10
Dried grapes (including dried grapes cut or crushed into a paste, without any further treatment) (Food)	0806 20		Turkey (TR)	Ochratoxin A	10
Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids (Food – fresh or dried)	0805 21 ; 0805 22 ; 0805 29		Turkey (TR)	Pesticide residues11	5
Oranges (Food – fresh or dried)	0805 10		Turkey (TR)	Pesticide residues11	10
Pomegranates (Food – fresh or chilled)	ex 0810 90 75	30	Turkey (TR)	Pesticide residues 11 24	20
Sweet Peppers (Capsicum annuum) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	0709 60 10 ; 0710 80 51		Turkey (TR)	Pesticide residues 11 25	10
Unprocessed whole, ground, milled, cracked, chopped apricot kernels intended to be placed on the market for the final consumer26 27 (Food)	ex 1212 99 95	20	Turkey (TR)	Cyanide	50
Peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0709 60 99 ;	20	Uganda (UG)	Pesticide residues11	20
Peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0710 80 59	20	Uganda (UG)	Pesticide residues11	20
— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell	— 1202 41 00		United States (US)	Aflatoxins	10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled	— 1202 42 00
— Peanut butter	— 2008 11 10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved	— 2008 11 91 ; 2008 11 96 ; 2008 11 98
— Groundnut flours and meals	— ex 1208 90 00	20
— Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil (Food and feed)	— 2305 00 00
— Pistachios, in shell	— 0802 51 00		United States (US)	Aflatoxins	10
— Pistachios, shelled	— 0802 52 00
— Pistachios, roasted (Food)	— ex 2008 19 13 ;	20
— Pistachios, roasted (Food)	ex 2008 19 93	20
— Dried apricots	— 0813 10 00		Uzbekistan (UZ)	Sulphites28	50
— Apricots, otherwise prepared or preserved (Food)	— 2008 50
— Coriander leaves	— ex 0709 99 90	72	Vietnam (VN)	Pesticide residues 11 29	50
— Basil (holy, sweet)	— ex 1211 90 86	20
— Mint	— ex 1211 90 86	30
— Parsley (Food – fresh or chilled herbs)	— ex 0709 99 90	40
Okra (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0709 99 90 ;	20	Vietnam (VN)	Pesticide residues 11 29	50
Okra (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0710 80 95	30	Vietnam (VN)	Pesticide residues 11 29	50
Peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0709 60 99 ;	20	Vietnam (VN)	Pesticide residues 11 29	50
Peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0710 80 59	20	Vietnam (VN)	Pesticide residues 11 29	50

’

• (2) Annex II is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX II

Food and feed from certain third countries subject to special conditions for the entry into the Union due to contamination risk by mycotoxins, including aflatoxins, pesticide residues, pentachlorophenol and dioxins and microbiological contamination

1. Food and feed of non-animal origin referred to in Article 1(1)(b)(i)

Food and feed (intended use)	CN code30	TARIC sub-division	Country of origin	Hazard	Frequency of identity and physical checks (%)
— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell	— 1202 41 00		Argentina (AR)	Aflatoxins	5
— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled	— 1202 42 00
— Peanut butter	— 2008 11 10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved	— 2008 11 91 ; 2008 11 96 ; 2008 11 98
— Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil	— 2305 00 00
— Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	— ex 1208 90 00	20
— Hazelnuts (Corylus sp.) in shell	— 0802 21 00		Azerbaijan (AZ)	Aflatoxins	20
— Hazelnuts (Corylus sp.) shelled	— 0802 22 00
— Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing hazelnuts	— ex 0813 50 39 ; ex 0813 50 91 ; ex 0813 50 99	70 70 70
— Hazelnut paste	— ex 2007 10 10 ; ex 2007 10 99 ; ex 2007 99 39 ; ex 2007 99 50 ; ex 2007 99 97	70 40 05; 06 33 23
— Hazelnuts, otherwise prepared or preserved, including mixtures	— ex 2008 19 12 ; ex 2008 19 19 ; ex 2008 19 92 ; ex 2008 19 95 ; ex 2008 19 99 ; ex 2008 97 12 ; ex 2008 97 14 ; ex 2008 97 16 ; ex 2008 97 18 ; ex 2008 97 32 ; ex 2008 97 34 ; ex 2008 97 36 ; ex 2008 97 38 ; ex 2008 97 51 ; ex 2008 97 59 ; ex 2008 97 72 ; ex 2008 97 74 ; ex 2008 97 76 ; ex 2008 97 78 ; ex 2008 97 92 ; ex 2008 97 93 ; ex 2008 97 94 ; ex 2008 97 96 ; ex 2008 97 97 ; ex 2008 97 98	30 30 30 20 30 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
— Flour, meal and powder of hazelnuts	— ex 1106 30 90	40
— Hazelnut oil (Food)	— ex 1515 90 99	20
— Brazil nuts in shell	— 0801 21 00		Brazil (BR)	Aflatoxins	50
— Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing Brazil nuts in shell. (Food)	— ex 0813 50 31 ; ex 0813 50 39 ; ex 0813 50 91 ; ex 0813 50 99	20 20 20 20
— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell	— 1202 41 00		Brazil (BR)	Aflatoxins	10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled	— 1202 42 00
— Peanut butter	— 2008 11 10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved	— 2008 11 91 ; 2008 11 96 ; 2008 11 98
— Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil	— 2305 00 00
— Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	— ex 1208 90 00	20
— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell	— 1202 41 00		China (CN)	Aflatoxins	20
— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled	— 1202 42 00
— Peanut butter	— 2008 11 10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved	— 2008 11 91 ; 2008 11 96 ; 2008 11 98
— Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil	— 2305 00 00
— Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	— ex 1208 90 00	20
— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell	— 1202 41 00		Egypt (EG)	Aflatoxins	20
— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled	— 1202 42 00
— Peanut butter	— 2008 11 10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved	— 2008 11 91 ; 2008 11 96 ; 2008 11 98
— Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil	— 2305 00 00
— Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	— ex 1208 90 00	20
— Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta	— 0904		Ethiopia (ET)	Aflatoxins	50
— Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices (Food – dried spices)	— 0910
— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell	— 1202 41 00		Ghana (GH)	Aflatoxins	50
— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled	— 1202 42 00
— Peanut butter	— 2008 11 10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved	— 2008 11 91 ; 2008 11 96 ; 2008 11 98
— Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil	— 2305 00 00
— Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	— ex 1208 90 00	20
— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell	— 1202 41 00		Gambia (GM)	Aflatoxins	50
— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled	— 1202 42 00
— Peanut butter	— 2008 11 10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved	— 2008 11 91 ; 2008 11 96 ; 2008 11 98
— Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil	— 2305 00 00
— Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	— ex 1208 90 00	20
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) (Food – dried spices)	0908 11 00 ; 0908 12 00		Indonesia (ID)	Aflatoxins	20
Betel leaves (Piper betle L.) (Food)	ex 1404 90 00	10	India (IN)	Salmonella 31	10
Peppers of the Capsicum species (sweet or other than sweet) (Food – dried, roasted, crushed or ground)	0904 21 10 ;		India (IN)	Aflatoxins	20
Peppers of the Capsicum species (sweet or other than sweet) (Food – dried, roasted, crushed or ground)	ex 0904 22 00 ;	11; 19	India (IN)	Aflatoxins	20
Peppers of the Capsicum species (sweet or other than sweet) (Food – dried, roasted, crushed or ground)	ex 0904 21 90 ;	20	India (IN)	Aflatoxins	20
Peppers of the Capsicum species (sweet or other than sweet) (Food – dried, roasted, crushed or ground)	ex 2005 99 10 ;	10; 90	India (IN)	Aflatoxins	20
Peppers of the Capsicum species (sweet or other than sweet) (Food – dried, roasted, crushed or ground)	ex 2005 99 80	94	India (IN)	Aflatoxins	20
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) (Food – dried spices)	— 0908 11 00 ; 0908 12 00		India (IN)	Aflatoxins	20
— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell	— 1202 41 00		India (IN)	Aflatoxins	10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled	— 1202 42 00
— Peanut butter	— 2008 11 10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved	— 2008 11 91 ; 2008 11 96 ; 2008 11 98
— Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil	— 2305 00 00
— Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	— ex 1208 90 00	20
Guar gum (Food and feed)	ex 1302 32 90	10	India (IN)	Pentachlorophenol and dioxins32	5
Peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0709 60 99 ; ex 0710 80 59	20 20	India (IN)	Pesticide residues 33 34	10
Sesamum seeds (Food)	1207 40 90		India (IN)	Salmonella 35	20
— Pistachios, in shell	— 0802 51 00		Iran (IR)	Aflatoxins	50
— Pistachios, shelled	— 0802 52 00
— Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing pistachios	— ex 0813 50 39 ; ex 0813 50 91 ; ex 0813 50 99	60 60 60
— Pistachio paste	— ex 2007 10 10 ; ex 2007 10 99 ; ex 2007 99 39 ; ex 2007 99 50 ; ex 2007 99 97	60 30 03; 04 32 22
— Pistachios, prepared or preserved, including mixtures	— ex 2008 19 13 ; ex 2008 19 93 ; ex 2008 97 12 ; ex 2008 97 14 ; ex 2008 97 16 ; ex 2008 97 18 ; ex 2008 97 32 ; ex 2008 97 34 ; ex 2008 97 36 ; ex 2008 97 38 ; ex 2008 97 51 ; ex 2008 97 59 ; ex 2008 97 72 ; ex 2008 97 74 ; ex 2008 97 76 ; ex 2008 97 78 ; ex 2008 97 92 ; ex 2008 97 93 ; ex 2008 97 94 ; ex 2008 97 96 ; ex 2008 97 97 ; ex 2008 97 98	20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
— Flour, meal and powder of pistachios (Food)	— ex 1106 30 90	50
Watermelon (Egusi, Citrullus spp.) seeds and derived products (Food)	ex 1207 70 00 ; ex 1208 90 00 ; ex 2008 99 99	10 10 50	Nigeria (NG)	Aflatoxins	50
Peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0709 60 99 ; ex 0710 80 59	20 20	Pakistan (PK)	Pesticide residues 33	20
— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell	— 1202 41 00		Sudan (SD)	Aflatoxins	50
— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled	— 1202 42 00
— Peanut butter	— 2008 11 10
— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved	— 2008 11 91 ; 2008 11 96 ; 2008 11 98
— Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil	— 2305 00 00
— Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	— ex 1208 90 00	20
Sesamum seeds (Food)	1207 40 90		Sudan (SD)	Salmonella 35	20
— Dried figs	— 0804 20 90		Turkey (TR)	Aflatoxins	20
— Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing figs	— ex 0813 50 99	50
— Dried fig paste	— ex 2007 10 10 ; ex 2007 10 99 ; ex 2007 99 39 ; ex 2007 99 50 ; ex 2007 99 97	50 20 01; 02 31 21
— Dried figs, prepared or preserved, including mixtures	— ex 2008 97 12 ; ex 2008 97 14 ; ex 2008 97 16 ; ex 2008 97 18 ; ex 2008 97 32 ; ex 2008 97 34 ; ex 2008 97 36 ; ex 2008 97 38 ; ex 2008 97 51 ; ex 2008 97 59 ; ex 2008 97 72 ; ex 2008 97 74 ; ex 2008 97 76 ; ex 2008 97 78 ; ex 2008 97 92 ; ex 2008 97 93 ; ex 2008 97 94 ; ex 2008 97 96 ; ex 2008 97 97 ; ex 2008 97 98 ; ex 2008 99 28 ex 2008 99 34 ; ex 2008 99 37 ; ex 2008 99 40 ; ex 2008 99 49 ; ex 2008 99 67 ; ex 2008 99 99	11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 60 95 60
— Flour, meal or powder of dried figs (Food)	— ex 1106 30 90	60
— Hazelnuts (Corylus sp.) in shell	— 0802 21 00		Turkey (TR)	Aflatoxins	5
— Hazelnuts (Corylus sp.) shelled	— 0802 22 00
— Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing hazelnuts	— ex 0813 50 39 ; ex 0813 50 91 ; ex 0813 50 99	70 70 70
— Hazelnut paste	— ex 2007 10 10 ; ex 2007 10 99 ; ex 2007 99 39 ; ex 2007 99 50 ; ex 2007 99 97	70 40 05; 06 33 23
— Hazelnuts, otherwise prepared or preserved, including mixtures	— ex 2008 19 12 ; ex 2008 19 19 ; ex 2008 19 92 ; ex 2008 19 95 ; ex 2008 19 99 ; ex 2008 97 12 ; ex 2008 97 14 ; ex 2008 97 16 ; ex 2008 97 18 ; ex 2008 97 32 ; ex 2008 97 34 ; ex 2008 97 36 ; ex 2008 97 38 ; ex 2008 97 51 ; ex 2008 97 59 ; ex 2008 97 72 ; ex 2008 97 74 ; ex 2008 97 76 ; ex 2008 97 78 ; ex 2008 97 92 ; ex 2008 97 93 ; ex 2008 97 94 ; ex 2008 97 96 ; ex 2008 97 97 ; ex 2008 97 98	30 30 30 20 30 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
— Flour, meal and powder of hazelnuts	— ex 1106 30 90	40
— Hazelnut oil (Food)	— ex 1515 90 99	20
— Pistachios, in shell	— 0802 51 00		Turkey (TR)	Aflatoxins	50
— Pistachios, shelled	— 0802 52 00
— Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing pistachios	— ex 0813 50 39 ; ex 0813 50 91 ; ex 0813 50 99	60 60 60
— Pistachio paste	— ex 2007 10 10 ; ex 2007 10 99	60 30
— Pistachios, prepared or preserved, including mixtures	— ex 2007 99 39 ; ex 2007 99 50 ; ex 2007 99 97 ; ex 2008 19 13 ; ex 2008 19 93 ; ex 2008 97 12 ; ex 2008 97 14 ; ex 2008 97 16 ; ex 2008 97 18 ; ex 2008 97 32 ; ex 2008 97 34 ; ex 2008 97 36 ; ex 2008 97 38 ; ex 2008 97 51 ; ex 2008 97 59 ; ex 2008 97 72 ; ex 2008 97 74 ; ex 2008 97 76 ; ex 2008 97 78 ; ex 2008 97 92 ; ex 2008 97 93 ; ex 2008 97 94 ; ex 2008 97 96 ; ex 2008 97 97 ; ex 2008 97 98	03; 04 32 22 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
— Flour, meal and powder of pistachios (Food)	— ex 1106 30 90	50
Vine leaves (Food)	ex 2008 99 99	11; 19	Turkey (TR)	Pesticide residues 33 36	20
Sesamum seeds (Food)	1207 40 90		Uganda (UG)	Salmonella 35	20
Pitahaya (dragon fruit) (Food – fresh or chilled)	ex 0810 90 20	10	Vietnam (VN)	Pesticide residues 33 37	10

1. Compound food referred to in Article 1(1)(b)(ii)

Compound food containing any of the individual products listed in table 1 of this Annex due to risk of contamination by aflatoxins in a quantity above 20 % of either a single product or as the sum of products listed	Compound food containing any of the individual products listed in table 1 of this Annex due to risk of contamination by aflatoxins in a quantity above 20 % of either a single product or as the sum of products listed
CN Code38	Description39
ex 1704 90	Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa, other than chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated
ex 1806	Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
ex 1905	Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products

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2.

The following Annex IIa is inserted in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793:

‘ANNEX IIa

Food and feed from certain third countries subject to suspension of entry into the Union referred to in Article 11a

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The analytical report shall indicate:

• a) the results of sampling and analysis for the presence of PCP, performed by the competent authorities of the country of origin or of the country where the consignment is consigned from if that country is different from the country of origin;

• b) the measurement uncertainty of the analytical result;

• c) the limit of detection (LOD) of the analytical method; and

• d) the limit of quantification (LOQ) of the analytical method.

The extraction before analysis shall be performed with an acidified solvent. The analysis shall be carried out according to the modified version of the QuEChERS method as set out on the website of the European Union Reference Laboratories for Residues of Pesticides or according to an equally reliable method