G/SPS/N/EU/386  
 
15 May 2020  
(20-3629) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health and Food Safety 
Directorate -General  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  HS Code(s): 0805 10; 0805 21; 0805 22; 0805 29; 0910 91 10; 
0910 91 90; 0708 20; 0806 20; ex 0810 90 75; 1207 40 90; ex 0709  60 99; ex 0710 80 
59; ex 1211 90 86; 1404 90 00; 0713 35 00; 0713 39 00; 0713 90 00; ex 1208 90 00; 
2305 00 00; ex 2005 99 10; ex 2005 99 80; 2008 50  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading pa rtners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, China, 
Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gambia, Kenya, India, Pakistan, Madagascar, Nigeria, 
Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Turkey, Uganda, United States, Uzbekistan  
5. Title of the notified document:  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 (T ext with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English, 
French, Spanish . Number of pages:  20 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_3224_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_3224_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_3224_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 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 import conditions for 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 (e.g. i ncreased official 
controls and official certificate accompanied by the results of sampling and analysis in the 
third country).  
This Implementing Regulation amends Annexes  I and II to Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2019/1793 by introducing the following chang es: 
− -new listings in Annex I for increased official controls for oranges, mandarins, 
clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids from Turkey, due to possible 
pesticide residues contamination, and of spice mixes from Pakistan, due to possible 
aflatoxin  contamination;  G/SPS/N/EU/386  
 
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  − increase in the frequency of identity and physical checks laid down in Annex I for 
beans from Kenya and dried grapes and pomegranates from Turkey;  
− deletion from Annex I and new listing in Annex II of Sesamum seeds from Sudan 
and Uganda and of peppers (other than sweet) from India and Pakistan;  
− deletion from Annex II and inclusion in Annex I of curry leaves from India;  
− deletion from Annex I of raspber ries from Serbia, dried apricots and apricots, 
otherwise prepared or preserved from Turkey and lemons from Turkey.  
− All the product descriptions in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2019/1793 are amended to cover both raw and processed Sesamu m seeds.  
− All entries in Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 
concerning groundnuts are amended to include groundnut flours and meals.  
− all the entries concerning groundnuts in Annex I to Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2019/1793 are amend ed to include oilcake and other solid residues, whether or 
not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil.  
− The Combined Nomenclature (CN) 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 are 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.  
In addition, this Implementing Regulation incorporates the provisions of Implementing 
Decision 2014/88/EU and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/94 on the suspension of 
imports of foodstuffs containing or consisting of betel leaves origina ting in or consigned 
from Bangladesh and of dried beans originating from Nigeria, respectively. As a result of 
this consolidation, Implementing Decision 2014/88/EU and Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2015/94 are repealed and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 no longer 
provide for an end of the period of validity of the said measures.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Hea lth (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 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 Regulations (EC) No 669/2009, (EU) No 884/2014, (EU) 2015/175, 
(EU) 2017/186 and (EU) 2018/1660 (Text with EEA relevance.)  
(OJ L 277, 29.10.2019, p. 89)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 6 May 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 7 May 2020  G/SPS/N/EU/386  
 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 27 May 2020  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax num ber and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(322) 29 54263  
Fax: +(322) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu   
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Fo od Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(322) 29 54263  
Fax: +(322) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu