Russia: Imports of EU plant products could be banned
Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Rosselkhoznadzor, said on Thursday that it might impose restrictions or ban on imports of plant products EU over quarantine pests regularly found in such products.
"Recent cases indicate that the European system of quarantine security does not work," Sergei Dankvert, head of Rosselkhoznadzor, told ITAR-TASS.
"Currently Rosselkhoznadzor is collecting evidence on all cases, where quarantine pests had been found in batches of plant products from EU countries in order to assess possible risks for Russia"
The agency plans to organize consultations with phytosanitary services of the European Commission and individual countries of the European Union, Dankvert added.
It is reminded that on Wednesday, Rosselkhoznadzor banned fruit and vegetable imports from Poland, while earlier a banon diary products from Ukraine was also imposed.
On Thursday, Alexei Alexeyenko, assistant of the Rosselkhoznadzor head, said the agency might impose a ban on imports of farming products from Greece, which exports citrus fruit, grapes, melon, apples, pears, apricots, cherries and sweep cherries, peaches, plums and other fruits to Russia.
As expected long debate has started on whether these measures should be considered as a policy of internal interests for Russia or as means of diplomatic pressure, replying to EU's and USA's sanctions against Russia that are openly used for geopolitics interest.
Sources: ANA-MPA, Itar-Tass
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