Press Release: Commission to fix strict conditions for the import of Ukrainian sunflower oil

Following the contamination of sunflower oil with mineral oil, the European Commission adopted a decision fixing strict conditions for the import of Ukrainian sunflower oil into the European Union and providing for the reassessment of the situation within a year.

On the basis of the decision, sunflower oil originating in, or consigned from, Ukraine shall not enter the EU unless a valid certificate and results of sampling and analysis for the presence of mineral oil accompany the sunflower oil consignments. The certificate shall be valid only if the oil’s sampling and analysis, and the certificate’s issuance, have taken place after the European Commission has assessed and formally accepted the control and certification system to be put in place by the Ukrainian authorities.