Import ban on curry leaves from India remains effective in EU

At the start of this year, we reported that, after an interval of three years, India will resume the export of curry leaves to the European Union. This could have have led readers to believe that the import ban, effective in the EU, is no longer in place. This is incorrect: the import ban is still in place, and is maintained by the NVWA with support of the KCB. The reason for this is that India is still not free of the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter spp. See the following details below:

Annex IVAI of 18.1 of the phytosanitary guideline 2000/29/EG.

Plants of 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., other than fruit (but including seeds); and seeds of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle and Poncirus Raf., and their hybrids, originating in third countries

Without prejudice to the provisions applicable to the plants in Annex IV(A)(I)(18.2) and (18.3), official statement that the plants originate in a country recognised as being free from Candidatus Liberibacter spp., causal agent of Huanglongbing disease of citrus/citrus greening, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18 (2).

Source: NVWA