date:Jul 07, 2014
nforced controls reached EU borders in 2013. Of those, 11 808 were sampled for laboratory analysis (+11% if compared to 2012) and 483 i.e. 4.1% were found to be non-compliant with EU legislation (as opposed to 7.1% in 2012) and therefore prevented from entering the EU market. Some products achieved satisfactory levels of compliance and were therefore removed from the list of imports targeted for controls.
The report is published in the framework of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 on an increased l