The EU has decided to continue phytosanitary controls on citrus fruits from third countries until 2028

The European Union (EU) has decided to extend the citrus black spot measures on South African oranges for another three years, a move welcomed by Spanish farmers' organisations. The EU will also extend phytosanitary controls on citrus fruits from South Africa to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Zimbabwe from 2025 to 2028. The decision is aimed at ensuring the phytosanitary safety of citrus crops in the EU.

The European Union (EU) has announced that it will extend the current measures on citrus black spot (CBS) on South African oranges for another three years. The decision has been welcomed by Spanish farmers’ organisations. The measure responds to requests made by the Spanish AVA-ASAJA to the Commissioner for Agriculture, Christoph Hansen, the EU’s Directorates-General for Agriculture, Trade and Food Safety, and the farmers’ and cooperatives’ organisation COPA-COGECA, they said. The citrus sector in Spain also welcomes the decision of the European Commission to extend phytosanitary controls on citrus fruits, in addition to South Africa, to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Zimbabwe, for three years, from 31 March 2025 to 31 March 2028. The Spaniards are calling for the phytosanitary safety of citrus crops in the European Union to be ...