Update to EU listing of 3rd countries for seafood import into the EU

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1389 of 2 August 2022 amending and correcting Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 as regards the lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of certain fishery products was published in the Official Journal:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/1389#ntr4-L_2022210EN.01000101-E0004

The EU approved the residue-monitoring plans for all fishery products in the category ‘aquaculture’ of Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Indonesia, India, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Myanmar/Burma, Mexico, Malaysia, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam, and included those third countries in the Annex to Commission Decision 2011/163/EU. It is therefore appropriate to amend Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 in order to reflect that approval for all fishery products in the category ‘aquaculture’.

The EU approved the residue-monitoring plan for products of finfish in the category ‘aquaculture’ of Morocco, and included that third country in the Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU with a note limiting the approval to finfish products. It is therefore appropriate to amend Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 in order to reflect that approval limited to finfish products in the category ‘aquaculture’.

Contact: Anna Boulova, aboulova@frucom.eu