AGREEMENTON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF VETERINARY, FOOD AND FEED SAFETY AND PHYTOSANITARY IN THE WESTERN BALKAN("Off. Herald of RS - Treaties", No. 27/2021) |
In order to facilitate trade of live animals, food and feed of animal, non-animal and composite origin, plants and plant products in such a way that does not pose restriction to mutual trade,
To protect their territories from introduction and spreading of quarantine harmful organisms and to limit the entry of regulated non-quarantine harmful organisms throught imported consignments, as well as to limit the losses that occur as a result of their introduction and spreading,
To prevent introduction and spreading of contagious animal diseases, products and food of animal origin, which are not safe and could be harmful to the health, in aim of protection of human and animal health,
To reduce to a minimum the phytosanitary, veterinary and health risks and at the same time to facilitate cooperation and ensure improvement of international trade,
Inviting the other Western Balkan participants to join this agreement in the spirit of inclusiveness, regional cooperation and with a view to improving the lives of all within region,
Have agreed on the following:
Article 1
The import-transit-export of live animals, food of animal origin, food of non-animal origin, composite products, feed, animal by-products, plants, plants products and other objects and items may be carried out only in compliance with the requirements laid down in the normative acts on food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary which are in force in the respective countries and in agreed technical documents between Parties.
List V Part B, which determines the type of plants, plant products and other objects which must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate agreed and harmonized between the Parties, is an integral part of this Agreement.
Article 2
The parties agree that the competent authorities of their countries will recognize the reports on testing of live animals, food of animal origin, food of non-animal origin, composite products, and feed of animal origin, animal by-products, food from non-animal origin and composite products, plants, plant products and other objects and items by accredited methods or internationally recommended methods for plant regulated harmful organisms by authorized/accredited laboratories.
The Parties agree to apply the transition period for the methods accreditation in food safety and veterinary areas in Albania until the end of November 2022.
Article 3
The Parties agree that the competent authorities of their countries will carry out the physical checks for plants, plant products and other objects and items in a nearest place outside the border inspection point at the customs terminal.
Article 4
The Parties agree that the competent authorities of their countries will carry out the physical checks for food of non-animal origin, directly to the destination point, at the customs terminal.
Confirmation of compliance with the prescribed requirements for food of non-animal origin of the importing country shall include:
- basic information on the consignment (country of origin, product name, manufacturer’s name, production lot, shelf life);
- the results of tests carried out by accredited methods, issued by authorized laboratories, which are on the list of laboratories of the Parties’ countries.
Article 5
The Parties agree that the competent authorities of their countries will carry out the physical checks for food of animal origin, feed, live animals, composite products, directly to the destination point at the customs terminal. Compliance with the defined requirements for live animals, food of animal origin, feed, composite products, animal by-products of the importing country shall be confirmed by the relevant health certificate that accompanies the consignment.
Article 6
The parties agree that an additional protocol will be signed for the matters of costs related to import export control.
Article 7
In the case of import-export, consignments of food of non-animal origin must be accompanied with the results of laboratory analyses, not older than four (4) months, which shall be carried out by accredited methods and issued by authorized laboratories.
Article 8
In order to develop cooperation in the field of veterinary, food safety and phytosanitary, the competent authorities of the Parties shall exchange regulations and professional publications related to these fields.
Article 9
If in the case of import - export the consignment of live animals, food of animal origin, food of non-animal origin, composite products, and feed, animal by-products, plants, plants products does not comply with the defined veterinary, food safety and phytosanitary requirements of the importing country, the competent authority of the importing country shall immediately inform the competent authority of the exporting country and take measures in accordance with the relevant national legislation of its country.
Article 10
Disputes arising from the implementation of this Agreement shall be settled between the competent authorities of the Parties.
Article 11
The Agreement shall not apply to the rights and obligations of the Parties arising from other international agreements to which they are contracting parties.
Article 12
This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the receipt of the last written notification by which the Parties notify each other, through the Depositary, of the completion of the procedures as required by their domestic legislation for the entry into force of this Agreement. The Republic of Albania shall act as the Depositary of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall remain in force for a period of five (5) years. After this period, the Agreement shall automatically be extended for subsequent one-year periods.
Each Party may withdraw from the Agreement at any time by notifying the other two Parties, in writing through the Depositary, no later than six (6) months prior to the date of withdrawal. In such a case, the Agreement shall remain to be in force for the remaining two Parties.
This Agreement may be amended upon mutual consent of all Contracting Parties.
The original of this Agreement in a single copy in the English language shall be deposited with the Depositary which shall transmit a certified copy to each Contracting Party.
Done in Tirana, on the twenty-first December, two thousand twenty-one.
On behalf of the Council of Ministers of ___________________________ |
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On behalf of the Government of ___________________________ |
On behalf of the Government of ______________________________ |
LIST V Part B Section 1
which determines the type of plants, plant products and other objects which must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate
ALBANIA/NORTH MACEDONIA/SERBIA
List of plants, plant products and other objects, as well as third countries of origin and exporting country, for whose import on the territories of the three countries a phytosanitary certificate is required in accordance with the respective national Laws on Plant Health and for which phytosanitary examination is needed.
Plants, plant products and other objects for which a phytosanitary certificate is issued |
Tariff code (TC) and designation (ex-individual goods of the group, not the whole tariff code - TC) |
Country of origin or exporting country to issue a phytosanitary certificate |
1.Various |
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Machinery and vehicles used in agriculture and forestry |
Machines for soil preparation and cultivation in the agriculture, horticulture or forestry; lawn or sport-ground rollers, already used |
all countries |
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- Straw and fodder balers, including pick-up balers: |
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Growing medium attached to or associated with plants, intended to sustain the vitality of the plants |
n/a |
all countries |
Grain of the genera Triticum L., |
Wheat and meslin, other than seeds for sowing: |
Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa and USA. |
2. General categories |
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Plants for planting other than seeds |
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, crowns, cuttings and rhizomes, for planting, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 1212: |
all countries |
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0602 90 30 |
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Root and tubercle vegetables |
Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible root vegetables, fresh or chilled: |
all countries |
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ex 0910 11 00 |
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Plants of Cryptocoryne sp. Hygrophila sp. and Vallisneria sp. |
Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips other than mushrooms spawn: |
all countries |
3. Parts of plants other than fruit and seeds of: |
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Solanum lycopersicum L. and Solanum melongena L. |
Foliage, branches and other parts of tomato or eggplant plants, without flowers or flower buds, being goods or a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh: |
all countries |
Zea mays L. |
Other vegetables, fresh or chilled |
all countries |
Convolvulus L., Ipomoea L., Micromeria Benth and Solanaceae Juss. |
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh |
America, Australia, New Zealand |
Leafy vegetables of Apium graveolens L,. Eryngium L, Limnophila L. and Ocimum L. |
Other vegetables, fresh or chilled |
all countries |
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ex 1211 90 86 |
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Leaves of Manihot esculenta Crantz |
Leaves of Cassava (Manihot esculenta), fresh or chilled; |
all countries |
Conifers (Pinales) |
Foliage, branches and other parts of conifers (Pinales) plants, without flowers or flower buds, suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh: |
all countries |
Castanea Mill., Dendranthema (DC.)Des Moul., Dianthus L., Gypsophila L., Pelargonium l'Herit. ex Ait, Phoenix spp., Populus L., Quercus L., Solidago L |
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh: |
all countries |
Acer saccharum Marsh |
Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, of sugar maple (Acer saccharum), without flowers or flower buds, and being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh: |
Canada and the United States |
Prunus L. |
Cut flowers and flower buds from Prunus spp. of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh: |
all countries other than: EU Member States, as well as Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District, Northwestern Federal District, Southern Federal District, North-Caucasian Federal District and Volga Federal District), San Marino, Serbia, Great Britain, Turkey, Switzerland and Ukraine |
Betula L |
Foliage, branches and other parts of plants of birch (Betula spp.), without flowers or flower buds, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh: |
all countries |
Fraxinus L., Juglans L., Pterocarya |
Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh: |
Canada, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan and United States |
Amyris P. Browne, Casimiroa La Llave, Citropsis Swingle & Kellerman, Eremocitrus Swingle, Esenbeckia Kunth., Glycosmis Corrêa, Merrillia Swingle, Naringi Adans., Tetradium Lour., Toddalia Juss. and Zanthoxylum L. |
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh: |
all countries |
Acer macrophyllum Pursh, Acer pseudoplatanus L., Adiantum aleuticum (Rupr.) Paris, Adiantum jordanii C. Muell., Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt., Aesculus hippocastanum L., Arbutus menziesii Pursch., Arbutus unedo L., Arctostaphylos spp. Adans, Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull, Camellia spp. L.; Castanea sativa Mill., Fagus sylvatica L., Frangula californica (Eschsch.)Gray, Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper, Fraxinus excelsior L., Griselinia littoralis (Raoul), Hamamelis virginiana L., Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindley) M. Roemer, Kalmia latifolia L., Laurus nobilis L., Leucothoe spp. D.Don, Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd., Lonicera hispidula (Lindl.) Dougl. ex Torr.&Gray, Magnolia spp. L., Michelia doltsopa Buch.-Ham. ex DC, Nothofagus obliqua (Mirbel) Blume, Osmanthus heterophyllus (G. Don) P. S. Green, Parrotia persica (DC) C.A. Meyer, Photinia x fraseri Dress, Pieris spp. D. Don, Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco, Quercus spp. L., Rhododendron spp. L., other than Rhododendron simsii Planch., Rosa gymnocarpa Nutt., Salix caprea L., Sequoia sempervirens (Lamb. ex D. Don) Endl., Syringa vulgaris L., Taxus spp. L., Trientalis latifolia (Hook), Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt., Vaccinium ovatum Pursh and Viburnum spp. L |
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh: |
USA |
4. Parts of plants, other than fruit, but including seeds of: |
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Aegle Corrêa, Aeglopsis Swingle, Afraegle Engl., Atalantia Corrêa, Balsamocitrus Stapf, Burkillanthus Swingle, Calodendrum Thunb., Choisya Kunth, Clausena Burm. f., Limonia L., Microcitrus Swingle, Murraya J. Koenig ex L., Pamburus Swingle, Severinia Ten., Swinglea Merr., Triphasia Lour and Vepris Comm. |
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh: |
all countries |
5. Fruits |
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Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle, Poncirus Raf., Microcitrus Swingle, Naringi Adans., Swinglea Merr. and their hybrids, Momordica L. and Solanaceae Juss |
Tomatoes, fresh or chilled: |
all countries |
Actinidia Lindl., Annona L., Carica papaya L., Cydonia Mill., Diospyros L., Fragaria L., Malus L., Mangifera L., Passiflora L., Persea americana Mill., Prunus L., Psidium L., Pyrus L., Ribes L., Rubus L., Syzygium Gaertn., Vaccinium L., and Vitis L |
Avocado, fresh or chilled: |
all countries |
Punica granatum L. |
Pomegranate, fresh or chilled: |
Countries of the African continent, the Green Islands, St. Helena, Madagascar, La Reunion, Mauritius and Israel |
6. Cut flowers from: |
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Orchidaceae |
Orchids, fresh |
all countries |
Aster spp., Eryngium L., Hypericum L., Lisianthus L., Rosa L. and Trachelium L. |
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh: |
all countries other than: EU Member States, as well as Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, orth Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District, Northwestern Federal District, Southern Federal District, North-Caucasian Federal District and Volga Federal District), San Marino, Serbia, Great Britain, Turkey, Switzerland and Ukraine |
7. Tubers of the following species: |
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Solanum tuberosum L. |
Potatoes, fresh or chilled, other than seeds potatoes: |
all countries |
Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., seed potatoes |
0701 10 00 |
all countries |
8. Seeds of the following species: |
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Brassicaceae, Poaceae,Trifolium spp. |
Seeds of wheat and meslin: |
all countries |
Genus Triticum L., Secale L. and |
Seeds of wheat and meslin: |
all countries |
Citrus L., Fortunella Swingleand Poncirus Raf., and their hybrids, Capsicum spp. L., Helianthus annuus L., Solanum lycopersicum L., Medicago sativa L., Prunus L., Rubus L., Oryza spp. L., Zea mays L., Allium cepa L., Allium porrum L., Phaseolus cocineus spp. L., Phaseolus vulgaris L. |
Sweet corn for sowing: |
all countries |
Solanum tuberosum L. |
Potato true seeds, for sowing: |
all countries |
9. Vegetable seeds of: |
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Pisum sativum L. |
Pea seeds (Pisum sativum), for sowing: |
all countries |
Vicia faba L. |
Broad beans and horse bean seeds, for sowing |
all countries |
10. Seeds of oil and fiber plants of the following species: |
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Brassica napus L., |
Rape or colza seeds, for sowing: |
all countries |
Brassica rapa L., |
Seeds of Brassica rapa, for sowing: |
all countries |
Glycine max (L.) Merrill, |
Soybean seeds for sowing: |
all countries |
Linum usitatissimum L., |
Linseed for sowing: |
all countries |
Sinapis alba L. |
Mustard seeds for sowing: |
all countries |
11. Isolated bark of: |
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Conifers (Pinales) |
Vegetable products of bark not elsewhere specified or included, fresh: |
all countries other than EU Member States and Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following sections: Central Federal District, Northwestern Federal District, Southern Federal District, North Caucasus Federal District and Volga Federal District), San Marino, Serbia, Great Britain, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine. |
Acer saccharum Marsh, Populus L., and Quercus L. other than Quercus |
Vegetable products of bark not elsewhere specified or included: |
all countries |
Fraxinus L., Juglans L., Pterocarya Kunthand Ulmus davidiana Planch. |
Vegetable products of bark not elsewhere specified or included: |
Canada, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan and United States |
Betula L. |
Vegetable products of bark of birch (Betula spp.) not elsewhere specified or included: |
Canada and the United States |
Acer macrophyllum Pursh, Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt., Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd. and Taxus brevifolia Nutt. |
Vegetable products of bark not elsewhere specified or included: |
USA |
12. Wood, which: |
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Quercus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, other than wood which meets the description of the heading 4416 00 00 and where there is documentary evidence that the wood has been processed or produced using heat treatment to reach a minimum temperature of 176 ° C for 20 minutes |
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: |
USA |
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- - Non-coniferous: |
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Platanus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface |
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: |
Albania, Armenia, Great Britain, Switzerland, Turkey and USA |
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- Wood in chips or particles: |
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Populus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface |
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: |
North, Central and South America |
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- - Non-coniferous: |
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Acer saccharum Marsh., Including wood which has not kept its natural round surface: |
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: |
Canada and the United States |
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- Wood in chips or particles: |
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Conifers (Pinales) including wood that has not kept its natural round surface |
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: |
Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey and other third countries other than EU Мember Сtates, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Great Britain, Switzerland, and Ukraine. |
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- Wood in chips or particles: |
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Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers’ products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves: |
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Fraxinus L., Juglans L., Pterocarya Kunth and Ulmus davidiana Planch. including wood that has not |
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: |
Canada, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan and United States |
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ex 4408 90 35 |
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Betula L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface |
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: |
Canada and the United States |
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end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm: |
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Amelanchier Medik., Aronia Medik., Cotoneaster Medik., Crataegus L., Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill., Pyracantha M. Roem., Pyrus L. and Sorbus L.,including wood which has not kept its natural round surface, except sawdust and shavings |
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: |
Canada and the United States |
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Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves: |
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Prunus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface |
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: |
Canada, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, USA, Vietnam or any third country where Aromia bungii is known to be present |
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Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers’ products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves: |
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Acer L., Aesculus L., Alnus L., Betula L., Carpinus L., Cercidiphyllum Siebold & Zucc., Corylus L., Fagus L., Fraxinus L., Koelreuteria Laxm., Platanus L., Populus L., Salix L., Tilia L. and Ulmus L., including wood which has not kept its natural round surface |
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: |
all countries on whose territory Anoplophora glabripennis is known to be present |
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- - Of ash (Fraxinus spp.): |
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Acer macrophyllum Pursh, Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt., Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Am.)Rehd. and Taxus brevifolia Nutt |
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: |
USA |
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ex 4403 25 90 |
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List of plants, plant products and other objects and items, other than those listed in Part A and Part C for which a phytosanitary certificate is required, phytosanitary inspection is based on a risk assessment, in order to be introduced on the territories of the three countries
Other plants |
CN code |
Country of origin or dispatch |
All plants, within the meaning of the respective National Plant Health Law |
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, and chicory plants and roots, other than for planting: |
all countries |
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0709 92 10 |
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Groundnuts, fresh, not roasted or otherwise cooked whole, unshelled, not crushed, as well as seeds for sowing: |
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List of plants, plant products and other objects, for whose entry no phytosanitary certificate is required
Plants, plant products and other items that do not require phytosanitary certificate |
Tariff code (TC) and designation |
Country of origin or exporting country |
Fuits of Ananas comosus (L.) Merrill |
Pineapple, fresh or dried: |
all countries |
Fruits of Cocos nucifera L. |
Coconut, fresh or dried, whether peeled or not |
all countries |
Fruits of Durio zibethinus Murray |
Durian: |
all countries |
Fruits of Musa L. |
Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried; |
all countries |
Fruits of Phoenix dactylifera L |
Dates, fresh or dried: |
all countries |