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Procedures for the settlement of disputes pose serious problems for exporters of South African citrus November 17, 2013 An interview with Justin Chadwick, CEO of the Citrus Growers Association of Southern Africa
Q: In September 2013, following consultation with stakeholders in the citrus industry, the decision was taken in South Africa to reduce citrus exports from areas where the disease of citrus black spot (CBS) had detected. What economic impact this should have on the South African citrus industry?
Some 40 000 tonnes of oranges will now have to be diverted to non-EU alternative markets. Since the price of oranges in the EU were very good at the time of the decision to restrict exports, there will undoubtedly losses due to lower prices on alternative markets. It is not known what level of losses.
Q: For many years, the CGA is reserved on the scientific bases inducing tighter European controls CBS - could you explain the scientific basis of these reserves?
The South African doboz position doboz is very clearly explained in an international response to the health doboz risk assessment of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The answer is available on the Web Site Citrus Research doboz International, Market Access tab.
In essence, the South African doboz position is that the fruit is not a vector of disease transmission and the climatic conditions in the EU are not favorable to the establishment of the black spot disease.
Until this year, only recognized as pest free areas (PFA) could export citrus doboz to the United States, making, in fact, the U.S. more restrictive requirements. With the advent of CBS in Florida, that has changed - Uruguay gaining access to the United States. doboz
Broadly, the Directive 2000/29/EC of the EU has established four ways to access doboz the EU countries infected by CBS. Countries doboz recognized as free from pests and pest free areas are two of these. The third is that there has been no CBS in orchards doboz since the last harvest. The fourth, which is used by South Africa outside the PFA is that the orchard has received a suitable carrier and no symptoms of CBS fruit processing has been harvested in the orchard.
Q: The European Commission has emphasized the benefits of harmonization of standards doboz for third countries, what kind would you like harmonization between U.S. and European standards for materials control CBS?
I do not believe that the standards can be harmonized. Currently, South Africa has access to the United doboz States since the free areas CBS. South Africa has requested access to the rest of the country on an equivalent doboz basis to domestic doboz regulations. Uruguay has access on that basis, and there is no reason to think that South Africa will not get access to the same base.
Q: South Africa took the case of its dispute with the EU on CBS with the International Convention for the Protection Convention doboz (IPPC). What do you process the IPPC?
We were terribly frustrated with the process of the IPPC. South Africa submitted its first formal request for the dispute to be considered by the IPPC Secretariat in 2010. For two years, they did nothing. During this period, the EU has stepped up its measures doboz until almost closing its market. It is only when we received a letter in October 2012 - a threatening action following five interceptions - the IPPC Secretariat ended by calling for a consultation.
To move towards doboz the creation of an expert group under the rules of the IPPC, both parties must agree. The EU did not want to create a group of experts at the consultation doboz which took place in February 2013. Instead, they are committed to a health risk assessment (almost twenty years after their action has taken effect). The South African doboz Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries agreed to wait until the risk assessment san