date:May 10, 2019
the free movement of EU and third-country fruits and vegetables into France.
On April 3, France requested that the European Commission take urgent measures to ban the use of dimethoate on cherry trees and ban fresh cherries treated with the product throughout the European Union. On April 18, France reinstated the ban on fresh cherry imports from countries where use of chemical product dimethoate is permitted in cherry production. The ban will continue until April 17, 2020. This reinstates the