The European Commission has adopted regulations on the cancellation of restrictions on the export of planting material of apple trees, plums, and cherry plums from Ukraine to EU countries. From now on, to export, entrepreneurs must comply with the phytosanitary requirements specified in the special appendix to the relevant regulation.
The resumption of the export of planting material to the EU countries, which was temporarily banned from December 2019, was possible only after the EFSA carried out a phytosanitary risk analysis regarding the quarantine of harmful organisms of apples and plums.
Phytosanitary risk analysis is carried out by EFSA based on the technical dossier provided by Ukraine to confirm readiness to export these plants. Over the past three years, the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, together with members of the specialized association, has been working on the formation of technical dossiers on phytosanitary risk analysis.
It should be noted that to export planting material of apple, plum, and cherry plum trees to EU countries, business entities must comply with special phytosanitary requirements, including establishing production sites free of EU quarantine harmful organisms.
source (Ukrainian): www.kmu.gov.ua