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Mycket positivt att EUS-problemet är ur världen för detta har ju fördyrat importerna under flera år.
Negativt istället att det nu blir krångligarer och dyrare att importera växter till EU och att det dessutom kommer att bli förbjudet att sälja äppelsnäckor. Dessa snäckor hör ju till de allra vanligaste akvariesnäckorna och åtskilliga tusen säljs varje år i Sverige.
EUS REMOVED FROM EU LIST
As already announced the European Commission has drafted a proposal to remove Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome from the European list of diseases. Last week the EU member States approved the text. This means that very soon new Health Certificates will be published with all references to EUS removed. The decision will be published soon.
This is a very big victory for the industry, for OFI, OATA and ZZF together. We thank our colleagues in these organiations! We closely cooperated on this for several years!
APPLESNAILS INTO EUROPE BANNED
Apple snails of the genus Pomacea will be prohibited for import into the European Union. A proposal was adopted in the past week and EU member States have to implement this. This has serious consequences for the aquarium trade. Not only will apple snails be banned for import, shipments of aquatic plants must have a declaration in the health certificate that they are inspected and found free of apple snails, and at arrival into the EU they will also be inspected. It will be prohibited to sell the snails in pet shops.
Reason for the ban is the outbreak of apple snails (Pomacea insularum) in Spain, in the Ebro delta, where they were found feeding on the rice plantations.
It is not exactly clear, as off which date this will be implemented in the entire EU.
As already announced the European Commission has drafted a proposal to remove Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome from the European list of diseases. Last week the EU member States approved the text. This means that very soon new Health Certificates will be published with all references to EUS removed. The decision will be published soon.
This is a very big victory for the industry, for OFI, OATA and ZZF together. We thank our colleagues in these organiations! We closely cooperated on this for several years!
APPLESNAILS INTO EUROPE BANNED
Apple snails of the genus Pomacea will be prohibited for import into the European Union. A proposal was adopted in the past week and EU member States have to implement this. This has serious consequences for the aquarium trade. Not only will apple snails be banned for import, shipments of aquatic plants must have a declaration in the health certificate that they are inspected and found free of apple snails, and at arrival into the EU they will also be inspected. It will be prohibited to sell the snails in pet shops.
Reason for the ban is the outbreak of apple snails (Pomacea insularum) in Spain, in the Ebro delta, where they were found feeding on the rice plantations.
It is not exactly clear, as off which date this will be implemented in the entire EU.
Negativt istället att det nu blir krångligarer och dyrare att importera växter till EU och att det dessutom kommer att bli förbjudet att sälja äppelsnäckor. Dessa snäckor hör ju till de allra vanligaste akvariesnäckorna och åtskilliga tusen säljs varje år i Sverige.
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