Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1900 of 27 October 2021 amending 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 (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 lays down rules concerning the temporary increase of official controls upon entry into the Union on certain food and feed of non-animal origin from certain third countries (in Annex I); special import conditions for certain food and feed from certain third countries due to the contamination risk by mycotoxins, including aflatoxins, pesticide residues, pentachlorophenol and dioxins and microbiological contamination (in Annex II - increased official border controls and official certificate accompanied by the results of sampling and analysis in the third country); and, suspension of entry into the Union for certain food and feed from certain third countries (in Annex IIa).This Implementing Regulation amends Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, in particular for the for commodities from Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Turkey, Uganda, United States, by introducing the following changes:
- Inclusion in Annex I of lemons from Turkey, and of groundnuts from Brazil;
- Deletion from Annex I of pistachios from the United States;
- Increase in the frequency of identity and physical checks laid down in Annex I for oranges, mandarins, clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, and sweet peppers and peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) from Turkey, for jackfruit from Malaysia, for peppers (other than sweet) from Uganda, and for groundnuts from the United States;
- Increase in the frequency of identity and physical checks laid down in Annex I and addition of ethylene oxide to the analysis performed on okra from India;
- Decrease in the frequency of identity and physical checks laid down in Annex I for hazelnuts and derived products from Georgia;
- Amendment to the entry concerning hazelnuts from Georgia to ensure consistency with other similar entries concerning the same products;
- Deletion from Annex I and inclusion in Annex II of Sesamum seeds from Ethiopia and of peppers of the Capsicum species (sweet or other than sweet) from Sri Lanka;
- Increase in the frequency of identity and physical checks laid down in Annex II for Sesamum seeds from Sudan and for vine leaves from Turkey.
>In addition, this Implementing Regulation amends several Articles of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, in particular concerning the definition of country of origin, the replacement of 'compound food' by 'food consisting of two or more ingredients', and the transitional period.
Furthermore, Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 was amended to ensure consistency with other import certificates.