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THE LATEST ON EU AGRI-FOOD POLICIES IMPACTING LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES

Public health requirements for exporting live animals, products of animal origin, composite products and sprouted seeds to the EU

Summary

The European Commission is merging and replacing two Regulations focusing on the public health requirements that countries exporting to the EU must meet. It sets out, in particular, the obligations for exporting countries to:

  • be listed in the Annexes to Regulation (EU) 2021/405 as approved for entry of the products concerned into the EU
  • approve the operators exporting to the EU
  • ensure the traceability of the raw material
  • issue the official certificate or attestation that must accompany the commodities
  • lay down a control plan for pesticides, contaminants and pharmacological substances.