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 with EEA relevance)

‘3 This Regulation does not apply to the following categories of consignments of food and feed referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 unless their net weight exceeds 30 kg: (a) consignments of food and feed sent as trade samples, laboratory samples or as display items for exhibitions, which are not intended to be placed on the market; (b) consignments of food and feed which form part of passengers personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use; (c) non-commercial consignments of food and feed sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market; (d) consignments of food and feed intended for scientific purposes.’;

1 Member States shall prohibit the entry into the Union of the food and feed listed in Annex IIa.

2 Paragraph 1 shall apply to food and feed intended for placing on the Union market, and to food and feed intended for private use or consumption within the custom territory of the Union.’;

1 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/943 and Implementing Decision 2014/88/EU are repealed.

2 References to the repealed acts shall be construed as references to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793.

Consignments of Sesamum seeds from Sudan and Uganda and of peppers of the Capsicum species (other than sweet) from India and Pakistan having left the country of origin, or the country of dispatch if that country is different from the country of origin, before the date of entry into force of this Regulation may enter the Union without being accompanied by the results of sampling and analyses and the official certificate provided for in Articles 10 and 11 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.