The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission, at its September 9 meeting, approved amendments to the Eurasian Economic Union’s unified quarantine phytosanitary requirements and to the list of regulated goods subject to quarantine phytosanitary control at the EAEU customs border and within its customs territory. The EEC press service reported the decision.
More specifically, the updated rules remove requirements for fresh or chilled tomatoes, peppers and eggplants concerning the absence of Pepino mosaic virus. At the same time, special quarantine phytosanitary requirements remain in force for seed and planting material of susceptible crops, where the absence of PepMV is still required.
According to the EEC, the decision is intended to reduce the administrative burden on businesses and improve production and trade conditions for the vegetables concerned.
The amendments also affect the note to the list of regulated goods. The EAEU will now allow the import and/or movement from one member state to another of wooden packaging and fastening materials if they carry the required marking in line with the unified requirements.
That marking must match one of the approved forms confirming that the material has been treated either by heating through the full thickness of the wood or by fumigation. In such cases, no phytosanitary certificate will be required. In effect, the marking replaces the certificate because it confirms the use of internationally recognized phytosanitary measures.
The adopted decisions will enter into force 30 calendar days after their official publication.
