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Barcelona map pilot project

On 10/01/2024, the pilot project for the establishment of the controls of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) was launched in , as set out in Order PJC/756/2024, of July 22, which delimits the actions to be carried out in the official border control services functionally dependent on the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Ministry of Health. (boe.es) . From November 27 this pilot project will be extended to the customs premises of Barcelona and will also include Chapter 9 of the Tariff.

Therefore, the new measure TARIC will apply:
AGR - Border Control MAP

It will affect cap 07, 08 and 09 in release for free circulation through the Single Customs Window and introduction through filters.

Document for box 44 of DUA :
1419 - MAPA Not suitable for Hygiene
This document will be used to certify the rejection that the MAPA will make not for phytosanitary reasons but for hygiene reasons (public health). In these cases they cannot issue a CHED-PP "Not suitable" nor a "Not applicable" because, although phytosanitary control is not applicable, the release must be suspended because the merchandise is not suitable for human consumption.