Memo: Commission welcomes Russia’s decision to cancel temporary import requirements for fresh EU vegetables

Following the epidemiological evidence that the E-coli infection was over, and a request from the European Commission to Russia to lift the certification system as provided for in the agreement between EU and Russia of the 22nd of June, the Commission welcomes Russia's confirmation of its request to cancel the temporary import requirements for fresh EU vegetables as of tomorrow (9th August 2011).

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