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 wit

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. increased 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 changes:
-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;
-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 raspberries 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 Sesamum 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 amended 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 originating 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.