date:Jan 24, 2013
says.
The service said the ban was due to what it called the systemic insufficiency of the scheme used in the Europe Union to ensure the safety of planting material, particularly seed potato, and the formality of the guarantees provided to importer countries.
To avoid such restrictions the EU needs to ensure Russia is supplied with information on the phytosanitary conditions where the potatoes are produced.
One of the biggest suppliers of seed potatoes to Russia is the Netherlands. Russia i