A freeze is currently in place on adding more establishments to the list approved for export from Mercosur countries to the EU, Phil Hogan said on Monday this week.
This “freeze” on the approval of new establishments was put in place by the Directorate General (DG) for Health, otherwise known as DG Sante. The freeze will only be lifted once those establishments meet EU standards.
In Brazil, there are 1,637 farm businesses currently approved to produce cattle that qualify for beef export to the EU. These will be supplied to one of the 112 beef factories that have been approved.
Argentina has 20 factories currently approved to export to the EU, while Uruguay has 26.
“Only the very best will be able to export,” Commissioner Hogan said in a press conference on Monday.
Level playing field
“Every single consignment of beef for example that enters the European Union will have to go through a designated border inspection post where it is subject to documentary, identity and physical checks. This is something that not only gives a lot of controls and restriction, but also gives an opportunity for farmers to reflect on the level playing field they are seeking and which I believe we have delivered.”
Hogan added that this is the first time a safeguard mechanism has been put in place for Tariff Rate Quotas.
“Both consumers and farmers will be protected by the insistence that all imports must comply with the EU’s own sanitary standards, which will actually improve food safety standards in the Mercosur countries. EU food safety standards are not negotiable.”
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A freeze is currently in place on adding more establishments to the list approved for export from Mercosur countries to the EU, Phil Hogan said on Monday this week.
This “freeze” on the approval of new establishments was put in place by the Directorate General (DG) for Health, otherwise known as DG Sante. The freeze will only be lifted once those establishments meet EU standards.
In Brazil, there are 1,637 farm businesses currently approved to produce cattle that qualify for beef export to the EU. These will be supplied to one of the 112 beef factories that have been approved.
Argentina has 20 factories currently approved to export to the EU, while Uruguay has 26.
“Only the very best will be able to export,” Commissioner Hogan said in a press conference on Monday.
Level playing field
“Every single consignment of beef for example that enters the European Union will have to go through a designated border inspection post where it is subject to documentary, identity and physical checks. This is something that not only gives a lot of controls and restriction, but also gives an opportunity for farmers to reflect on the level playing field they are seeking and which I believe we have delivered.”
Hogan added that this is the first time a safeguard mechanism has been put in place for Tariff Rate Quotas.
“Both consumers and farmers will be protected by the insistence that all imports must comply with the EU’s own sanitary standards, which will actually improve food safety standards in the Mercosur countries. EU food safety standards are not negotiable.”
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