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You bring back plants, fruits and vegetables from a non-EU country or from the DROM
The import of plants and plant products in travelers' luggage in the European Union from third countries (except from Andorra, Monaco and Switzerland) is subject to the mandatory presentation of a phytosanitary certificate, from the first plant specimen.
This phytosanitary certificate must be obtained before departure from the third country of departure from the plant protection authority. It is to be presented to customs in case of control upon your arrival.
In addition to these provisions, plants intended for planting, in addition to being accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, must be presented at the border control post (PCF) on arrival in the European Union, to undergo a phytosanitary inspection. At the end of this, a "Common Health Entry Document - Plant Products" (CHED-PP) is issued by the CPF inspectors. This CHED-PP shall be presented to the customs services together with the phytosanitary certificate.
Plants not accompanied by a valid phytosanitary certificate, and plants intended for planting not accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate and a DESCE-PP, will be seized and destroyed.
The only plants exempted from any control and any document, and which can therefore be imported freely in luggage and without quantity limit, are the following: bananas, coconuts, durian(*), dates, pineapples.
The provisions set out above are those set out in the amended Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2122.
* In accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, durians from Vietnam are subject to import health checks, provided that their net weight is greater than 5 kg (for fresh foods) or 2 kg (for foods other than fresh foods).
It will then be necessary to issue an official certificate in a third country and present the first point of arrival in the EU at the Border Control Post.
From DROMs to France
From the first gram, a phytosanitary certificate is required, to be obtained before departure from the DROMs from the services of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (local services in the DROM).
In case of importation into the DROM, from metropolitan France or from countries not members of the European Union
For each of the DROMs, the situation depends on a prefectural order.
Other regulatory restrictions and clarifications
These regulations do not prevent the application of restrictions related to other regulations:
- Plants and products of protected species, subject to presentation to customs of a CITES import permit.
- Plants for food (fruit and vegetables originating in certain third countries) listed in Annex I to Regulation 669/2009, which are subject to border control and the presentation to customs of a Common Entry Document.
- Foodstuffs (dried fruit) originating in or consigned from certain third countries (as well as processed and compound foodstuffs containing at least 20% of those listed products), with a gross weight exceeding 20 kg, which are subject to reinforced health checks at the border and the presentation to customs of a common entry document (list in Regulation (EU) 884/2014 of 13 August 2014).
- Plants prohibited because of their classification as narcotic.
- Plants prohibited by the decree of Decree 98-397 of 20 May 1998, concerning prohibitions concerning the plants named Stephania tetrandra and Aristolochia fangchi.
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 as amended.
Brochures & documentation
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